Installing gnome-ppp-0.3.23

I have Ubuntu 7.10 Gusty Gibbon and i have been trying to get a dial up connection to work i have tried everything but Gnome-ppp program. I downloaded gnome-ppp-0.3.23 but have no idea of how to install it. Can someone tell me what to do?

 

what type of dial up? though a cell phone or a landline?

 

Its through a landline, with the network configure thing i can get it to dial out then make the "dial up" connection sound but at the end of the sound it cuts out then nothing happens. I tried using wvdial it will dial out then i get the "If you would like to make call please hang up and try again..." recording.

 

So the modem is recongized and set up in linux. Thats usually the hard part. It sounds like the settings in Network Manager are messed up, like its using the wrong tone values.

 

try taking a read thru my Dial-up diary
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=480717

It's a little out-of-date but the general idea still holds true.

You've got a laptop modem that actually works? That's amazing. The only way I've been able to dial out is with my trusty USR external. I still want to try one of those Actiontec USB/serial modems.

if you heard the operator say "If you would like to make a call" then you got the phone number wrong. Try entering the phone number again.

Tell you what, I'd try pppconfig, as described in the above thread. Then come on back and tell us what happened.

BTW, dial-up sucks in Linux because of the huge downloads. But if you can borrow some wireless or hard-wired broadband for updates and for downloading programs, then just use dial-up to get email and for light web surfing, it's better than nothing.

 

Ive already seen that thread and it was no help. Does anyone know how to make wvdial use pulse instead of tone. My other computer is set to pulse and it works fine but when i set it to tone i get the "if you would like to make a call" message. Also can someone help me install gnome-ppp i would like to try it but can figure out how to get it installed. Thanks

 

i got gnome installed and it dials out then makes the connection sound and the window says authenticating and then nothing happens here is the log from gnome-ppp
/home/mike/.wvdial.conf<Warn>: Ignoring malformed input line: ";Do NOT edit this file by hand!"
WvDial<*1>: WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.56
WvModem<*1>: Cannot set information for serial port.
WvDial<*1>: Initializing modem.
WvDial<*1>: Sending: ATZ
WvDial Modem<*1>: ATZ
WvDial Modem<*1>: OK
WvDial<*1>: Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
WvDial Modem<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
WvDial Modem<*1>: OK
WvDial<*1>: Modem initialized.
WvDial<*1>: Sending: ATM1L3DP8143912710
WvDial<*1>: Waiting for carrier.
WvDial Modem<*1>: ATM1L3DP8143912710
WvDial Modem<*1>: CONNECT 57600
WvDial Modem<*1>: User Access Verification
WvDial Modem<*1>: Username:
WvDial<*1>: Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt.
WvDial Modem<*1>: Username:
WvDial<*1>: Looks like a login prompt.
WvDial<*1>: Sending: eliehick
WvDial Modem<*1>: eliehick
WvDial Modem<*1>: Password:
WvDial<*1>: Looks like a password prompt.
WvDial<*1>: Sending: (password)
WvDial Modem<*1>: altoona-core4>
WvDial<*1>: Hmm... a prompt. Sending "ppp".
WvDial Modem<*1>: ppp
WvDial Modem<*1>: ~Entering PPP mode.}-}*Async interface address is unnumbered (Loopback0)}-}*Your IP address is 0.0.0.0. MTU is 1500 bytes}-}*}-}*3Z~
WvDial<*1>: Looks like a welcome message.
WvDial<Notice>: Starting pppd at Tue Apr 29 19:04:48 2008
WvDial<Err>: Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied
WvDial<Err>: --> PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) may be flaky.
WvDial<Err>: Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: Permission denied
WvDial<Err>: --> CHAP (Challenge Handshake) may be flaky.
WvDial<Notice>: Pid of pppd: 11496
WvDial<*1>: Using interface ppp0
WvDial<*1>: local IP address 69.72.74.210
WvDial<*1>: remote IP address 69.72.74.68
WvDial<*1>: primary DNS address 64.136.173.8
WvDial<*1>: secondary DNS address 64.136.164.66

does anyone see the problem?

 

Most of the log looks pretty typical, from my limited experience.

This one doesn't.
WvDial Modem<*1>: ~Entering PPP mode.}-}*Async interface address is unnumbered (Loopback0)}-}*Your IP address is 0.0.0.0. MTU is 1500 bytes}-}*}-}*3Z~

I'm not any good at networking stuff, but an IP address of 0.0.0.0 doesn't seem right. Do you have any friends who are also on dial-up but use different ISP's than yours? If they'd let you try to log into their accounts (I'd suggest using pppconfig) it might help to figure out what's going on.

Also, I wanted to make sure you understood that gnome-ppp is just a front-end for wvdial. If you can't get it to work from wvdial, gnome-ppp isn't going to help.

 

i tried pppconfig but the pon command does nothing. Also i forgot to mention this but every time i restart the computer i have to reinstall the driver package to make the modem work. I know it is already installed because i click the button that says reinstall package when i open the folder containing the driver (it is a Conexant HSF modem driver) nothing will even dial unless i reinstall the package.