[Ubuntu-BD] Connecting to internet in command shell

[Sarim Khan]

Hi,
you can easily connect to the internet from console using wvdial. just
run `sudo wvdialconf`, then use vi or nano to make adjustment to
/etc/wvdial.conf . then connect to the internet by `sudo wvdial &` ,
mind the last & sign, it'll make  wvdial run in background and will
free the console so that you can run further commands. Then run `sudo
apt-get upgrade` and etc...

If wvdial is not installed, you can download the files then place them
in pendrive or any hdd partition, then, mount the drive by running,
`sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt`
then navigate,
`cd /mnt`
then install,
`sudo dpkg -i ./*`

You can also use cnetworkmanager instead of wvdial, but i never used
that for GP modem.

NB: strings inside the tilds (`) are commands :)


2012/3/24 Kabbo Sarker <kabyaa1 at gmail.com>:
> Day before yesterday, I was updating the packages and before the
> update counld finish my data limit of internet package exceed! :S So
> now I can not load gnome, it says 'gnome session failed' or something
> like that. In the tty shell, if I type `sudo apt-get upgrade` is shows
> a line in the result: '452 not fully installed or removed.'
> http://paste.ubuntu.com/898136/
> Yes that is a huge number, because I was updating the system after
> months! Anyway, I think the fix is to update the rest of the packages,
> for what I need to connect to the internet. How can I do that in the
> shell?
> Some info you might need: I use GP modem. I had connection in gnome's
> network manager (maybe there's a way to use that?).
>
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