[Book/Manual] Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04

[Karl Larsen]

On 06/03/2010 02:22 PM, chris wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 14:22 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
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>> On 06/03/2010 02:04 PM, chris wrote:
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>>> On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 06:08 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
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>>>> On 06/02/2010 08:20 PM, Nathan Bahn wrote:
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>>>>> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 9:44 PM, NoOp<glgxg at sbcglobal.net>   wrote:
>>>>>           On 06/02/2010 06:07 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote:
>>>>>           >   On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 03:02:16PM -0700, NoOp wrote:
>>>>>           >>
>>>>>           >>   Excellent starting point for Ubuntu:
>>>>>           >>
>>>>>           >>   http://ubuntu-manual.org/
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>>>>>            
>>> <snip>
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>>>>>            
>>>>           I like the fact it is filled with pictures, and well
>>>> documented. With a slow DSL Internet it d/l in just a minute or little
>>>> more. This will be a good book to recommend to users with problems. It
>>>> is free and it starts with how to get a cd-rom...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>>
>>>> 	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
>>>> 	Linux User
>>>> 	#450462   http://counter.li.org.
>>>>           Key ID = 3951B48D
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>>> However, it has no section on how to incorporate dial-up into Ubuntu.
>>> Which is a shame, as a large part of the world still uses dial up.
>>> cheers the kiwi
>>>
>>>
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>>           Hi Chris if you know how to set 10.04 up for dial up Internet
>> service why not write it up for including in the Manual?
>>
>>
>> 73 Karl
>> Hi Chris I went to Google and found on 10.04 I can get gnome-ppp which is the dial-up for Lucid. I am reading from
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>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto/SetUpDialer
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>> and it works like this:
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>> gnome-ppp is a graphical frontend to wvdial and can be installed by $ sudo apt-get install gnome-ppp. You will find it in the Applications menu ( Menu =>  Internet =>  Gnome-PPP ) and the configuration is probably straightforward.
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>> Configuration
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>> Verify that gnome-ppp has correctly detected the modem: click on "Parameters" and later on "Detect"
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>> In the Gnome-ppp window, fill login, password and telephone number of the Internet Service Provider.
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>> If you get an "immediate" disconnection: in "Parameters" / "Options", unmark "check carrier line"
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>> Usage
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>> Connection
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>> To connect, you must be in the gnome-ppp window. Click in "Connect".
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>> You can also see the connection operations.
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>> When the IPs appear, the connection is established.
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>> Connection information
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>> When you are connect, appears a little window. You can click in "details" to see information about the connection.
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>> Disconnection
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>> Click in "disconnect".
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>> I found it in my ubuntu software center under applications.
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>>
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>>      
     It looks like it should work but no way for me to try it. I have no 
external dial-up modem. You might and it should work...hope

73 Karl

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>> -- 
>>
>> 	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
>> 	Linux User
>> 	#450462   http://counter.li.org.
>>           Key ID = 3951B48D
>>
>>
>>
>>      
> I have offered, but they showed no interest
> cheers the kiwi
>
>
>    


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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
	Linux User
	#450462   http://counter.li.org.
         Key ID = 3951B48D