Dial up tools

[Ross Burton]

On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 16:50 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> >Selecting Computer menu -> Networking -> Add -> Modem (PPP) immediately
> >gives an error about wvdial not being installed. It is correct too. I'm
> >left with pppconfig according to IRC, which is "too hard" because of
> >aforementioned lack of knowledge of how my modem works or should work.
> >  
> >
> Is wvdial the right option here? Should we put it in Desktop?

I'd say the right solution is for gnome-system-tools to grok the Debian
ppp configuration and not wimp out by using wvdial.  This shouldn't be
*too* difficult as g-s-t is designed to be pluggable.

Ross 
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