RESOLVED - was [Re: NEWBIE sanity check re gnome-ppp PLEASE]

2012-04-27 Thread Richard Owlett
Richard Owlett wrote: [snip] DEBIAN 6.0.3 with GNOME desktop 2. initial attempt to use gnome-ppp failed [snip synopsis of original troubleshooting It was a permissions issue. I was not a member of 'dialout' group. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subje

Re: NEWBIE sanity check re gnome-ppp PLEASE

2012-04-25 Thread Go Linux
--- On Wed, 4/25/12, Indulekha wrote: > > > Then install pppconfig and create your connection with > 'sudo pppconfig' run in the terminal, then start the > connection > with ppp-on-boot or manually using pon. > That's the simple, easy, reliable way to do it, and it > doesn't > require any part

Re: NEWBIE sanity check re gnome-ppp PLEASE

2012-04-25 Thread Indulekha
Richard Owlett wrote: > > At first I tried tried running it from sub-menu > (Applications-Internet-GNOME ppp). > Failure message was "Can not open modem." The logfile > expanded it saying "Cannot open /dev/ttyS3: Permission denied". > FIRST, find out what kind of modem you have, where it is, a

Re: NEWBIE sanity check re gnome-ppp PLEASE

2012-04-25 Thread Rob Owens
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 08:38:10PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Camaleón wrote: > >On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:46:22 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > >>OK already -- I've written both UNread manuals and MISread test > >>procedures ;/ > >> > >>What am I using - I'm not sure: > >>1. the *HAND writ

Re: NEWBIE sanity check re gnome-ppp PLEASE

2012-04-25 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:38:10 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Camaleón wrote: (...) >> You better be sure about what you install as your OS, sir, or you can >> encounter bad suprises... Have you verified the md5sum of the media to >> know it comes from a trusted source? > > My phrasing was poor

Re: NEWBIE sanity check re gnome-ppp PLEASE

2012-04-24 Thread Richard Owlett
Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:46:22 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: OK already -- I've written both UNread manuals and MISread test procedures ;/ What am I using - I'm not sure: 1. the *HAND written* label on CD I used to load identified it as DEBIAN 6.0.3 with GNOME desktop

Re: NEWBIE sanity check re gnome-ppp PLEASE

2012-04-23 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:46:22 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > OK already -- I've written both UNread manuals and MISread test > procedures ;/ > > What am I using - I'm not sure: >1. the *HAND written* label on CD I used to load > identified it as > DEBIAN 6.0.3 with GNOME desktop You bet

NEWBIE sanity check re gnome-ppp PLEASE

2012-04-22 Thread Richard Owlett
OK already -- I've written both UNread manuals and MISread test procedures ;/ What am I using - I'm not sure: 1. the *HAND written* label on CD I used to load identified it as DEBIAN 6.0.3 with GNOME desktop 2. initial attempt to use gnome-ppp failed 3. I then did man gnome-ppp