Kppp fig files for K18.04.3 for dialup

Mon Oct 14 00:13:08 UTC 2019

Hi again Ray,

On Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 9:27 AM ray burke <rayburke30 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Valorie in K14.04 dialup 11/10/2019,
>
> After my last email about finding out how to bring up Kppprc thru dolphin,
> I connected K18.04.4 and booted up then I did the
> /home/rayburke30/.kde/share/config/
> in dolphin and with that selected/kppprc/ of which I saved in
> documents see attached-
> "kppp config dolphin and Kppprc kate in K18.04.3"
>

Yes, it looks like you found one of the files you are looking for. Did you
edit the kpppprc file? If so, you want to save it (over-write the old one)
with the same name and in the same place.

so again the thing I see the isp name being DoDo \s + 3 lastm lines in
> the Kppprc?
>
> Ray
>

What is the actual name of your ISP? The the \ is an unacceptable character
in Linux, because "Backslash tells shell to ignore the next character. You
have to enclose file name in single quote" according to
https://www.tecmint.com/manage-linux-filenames-with-special-characters/.

Because \ tells your computer to ignore the s at the end, it's possible
that the ISP is not being correctly transmitted by KPPP. If it actually is
named DoDos, then that is how it should be in that RC file. If it is
actually DoDo \s, then edit the RC file to make it 'DoDo \s' - see the
single quotes? That might fix it. Once you have edited the file, save it
with the same name and in the same folder, and try dialing up again.

Valorie

On 11/10/2019, Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 2:32 PM ray burke <rayburke30 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Valorie,
> >> So I should put in terminal-
> >> "rayburke at rayburke:~$ $HOME/rayburke/.kde"
> >>
> >
> > Nope. Please check this stuff out in Dolphin so you can see what you are
> > working with. The "path/to/file" here is either ~/.kde or
> > /home/rayburke/.kde if you want to type it all out. "~/" is short for
> > /home/username.
> >
> >> is this the rite way to do things as confused about typing in the rite
> >> way,
> >> attached is what I got when followed your precious instructions?
> >>
> >> Ray
> >>
> >
> > Once you have inspected the files using Dolphin and Kate, then you will
> > know what file you want to change in nano. I find nano hard to use, so
> want
> > to know *exactly* what the correct path and filename is before opening it
> > up.
> >
> > Valorie
> >
> > On 10/10/2019, Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 9:29 PM ray burke <rayburke30 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >> >> From: ray burke <rayburke30 at gmail.com>
> >> >> Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 14:53:38 +1100
> >> >> Subject: Re: Kppp fig files for K18.04.3 for dialup
> >> >> To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >> >>
> >> >> Valorie,
> >> >>
> >> >> Don't quite understand where to look and how for the Kppp configs,
> >> >> because Kppp is old I tried it in K14.04 but no Kppp files. when I
> >> >> boot up again in K18.04.03 will try and locate BUT CONFUSED about
> >> >> should I look thru home/root/etc/ ?? or Nano?
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > Even I still have a .kde folder in my home, which is
> /home/valorie/.kde
> >> > -
> >> > putting in your own home/username/.kde should let you see it in
> >> > Dolphin.
> >> >
> >> > To easily see hidden files in Dolphin, you either use Alt+. or just
> the
> >> > View menu > hidden files. So-called "dot" files, the ones that start
> >> with .
> >> > like .kde are hidden since most of the time they just clutter up your
> >> view.
> >> > But they aren't secret; just hidden from regular view. You can even
> >> > make
> >> a
> >> > hidden file by writing something, say in Kate, and saving it with a
> >> > name
> >> > begining with .
> >> >
> >> > Just opening these files is always OK, because they are in your home,
> >> > and
> >> > are *your* files. If you want to work with config files though, it's a
> >> good
> >> > idea to make a copy first, so you can move it back if you mess up.
> >> >
> >> > You'll not see "/root/" because root is /. So /etc/ means root/etc/.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Thanks, when I next boot up in K18.04.3 I will attempt to find ~/.kde
> >> >> --, but in K14.04 not there?
> >> >>
> >> >> Ray
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > Yes, it's there -- just hidden.
> >> >
> >> > Valorie
> >> >
> >> > On 10/10/2019, Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> > Hi Ray,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 10:53 PM ray burke <rayburke30 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> Hi can anyone help with the below-
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>  have recently Installed K18.04.3 on a new 160gb sata drive and
> >> >> >> cloned all my info from my K14.04, as a test I want to make sure
> >> >> >> that
> >> >> >> I can use dialup with the new system, but having
> >> >> >> problems with Kppp. I have inserted the parameters thru the start
> >> >> >> window in Kppp when I click on the Kppp icon, and it dials the
> >> >> >> modem
> >> >> >> but gets to where it says connection in the log window ,then dies.
> >> >> >> Have been advised to change the "#noauth",remove the #" in
> >> >> >> /etc/ppp/peers/kppp"
> >> >> >> but cant find a file ,as can only edit thru "sudo nano" as "Kate"
> >> >> >> can't execute.
> >> >> >> So does anyone know where the config files
> >> >> >> for Kppp are stored for me to adjust, hope some one can help?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Ray
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Its been many years since I dialed up for connectivity, but
> >> >> >
> >> >> > you should be able to SEE /etc/ and the files in there in Dolphin
> >> >> > and
> >> >> Kate;
> >> >> > you just won't be able to edit. Once you find it, you should be
> able
> >> to
> >> >> > copy the etc/path/to/file in to nano in the konsole.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Since Kppp is old, it's possible that the configs are still in
> >> >> > ~/.kde
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > again, you can look in Dolphin and Kate to see what's there. All
> >> >> > newer
> >> >> > applications put configs in ~/.config and a few in ~/.local . All
> >> files
> >> >> in
> >> >> > your $HOME are editable by you, and do not (and should never) be
> >> >> > used
> >> >> with
> >> >> > sudo.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > If you cloned your old info, you should be able to see your old
> >> >> > config
> >> >> file
> >> >> > somewhere in ~/.kde . Config files are just text, so you can just
> >> >> > copy
> >> >> the
> >> >> > old over and it will generally work.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Just a warning - Kppp is not maintained anymore, because nobody
> >> >> > ported
> >> >> > it
> >> >> > to KDE Frameworks. Of course the code is still available in various
> >> >> places,
> >> >> > and it's not yet been removed from the Ubuntu archive, but it
> >> >> > eventually
> >> >> > will be, because KDElibs are no longer supported (so-called KDE4).
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Hope this helps,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Valorie
>

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