Dialup in Lucid

[chris]

On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 15:45 +0000, sktsee wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:48:01 +1300, chris wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> >> 
> >> 
> > pppconfig   as follows
> > 
> > # This optionfile was generated by pppconfig 2.3.18. #
> > #
> > hide-password
> > noauth
> > connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/clear" debug
> > /dev/ttyUSB0
> > 115200
> > defaultroute
> > noipdefault
> > user ******
> > remotename clear
> > ipparam clear
> > 
> 
> Do you manually configure your own DNS? If you don't, your pppd options 
> file should contain "usepeerdns" (dynamic dns in pppconfig) so that /etc/
> resolv.conf gets updated with the DNS servers of your ISP when you 
> establish a connection.
> 
> -- 
> sktsee
> 

Which it does.
I don't have a problem connecting to my isp.  The issue is to get
evolution /firefox working from the desktop.
Even using a terminal to do a "sudo apt-get update", doesn't work.
What am I missing?
Cheers Chris