Configuring a dialup connection

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alex wrote:

> CJ Kelley wrote:
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>> */"eddie57 at peoplepc.com" <eddie57 at peoplepc.com>/* wrote:
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>>     I just recently installed ubuntu 5.10 and the installation went just
>>     fine except that when i try to setup a dialup connection it keeps
>>     saying modem not detected even though the modem is listed in the
>>     device
>>     manager window. So the modem apparently was detected during
>>     installation. I tried executing the pppconfig command from a 
>> terminal
>>     window. I got the message "must be logged in as root" so i issued
>>     the su
>>     command. It asked for the root password which i gave, but got the
>>     message authentication failure, so i issued the su command
>>     followed by
>>     my user name. It asked for my password again which worked. I tried
>>     the
>>     pppconfig command again but it said bad command. Any help would be
>>     appreciated as i would like to spend as little time as possible in
>>     windows
>
> Hi Cj,

sudo pppconfig  then password when asked
should work, not su pppconfig
Hope that helps
Take Care
Winton

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