🚀 go-pugleaf

In aus.computers.linux, on 12 Jul 2008 02:17:57 GMT
Zebee Johnstone <zebeej@gmail.com> wrote:
>  In aus.computers.linux on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:50:32 +1000
>  ZACK. <youwillfindme@home.com.au> wrote:
> > can ubuntu work on a dialup modum
> >
> >
> 
>  Will it be able to connect to the net using dial up?  Should be able
>  to although good luck finding a set of instructions to get PPP going!
> 
>  Might be difficult if the modem is USB not proper serial.

It's a fecking cow due to the fact that network manager was written by
ethernet/wireless bigots who wouldn't know a PPP session if it did the
nasty with their dog.

(not that I'm bitter from trying to get Ubuntu working nicely with
my parents' ISDN modem, oh no)

(double not that I'm still finishing up doing that having been working
on it most of last week)


Actually, it won't kill you to use Gnome-PPP or Kppp or something.  Just
be prepared for Network Manager to cause your Firefoxes and your Pidgins
and other things that integrate a bit too closely with its magic to
believe that you're offline, and act accordingly.

Two steps forward, one step back.

Supposedly, Network Manager 0.7 will include PPP supporty goodness.  But
probably just for mobile phones and PPPoE rather than vanilla PPP.
Seems most everyone has forgotten now to make that work.


Bron ( ppptray is a nice, but somewhat simplistic piece of python code
       that at least gives you some status information for pon/poff
       old-style PPP.  I've been hacking on it and learning python as
       I go.  Will push my ideas upstream RSN )