H Michael, I got into root and used pppconfig everthing went fine except the modem was not found automatically and I manually set it to dev/ttyS1 the offered default value. Howver when I tired pon I got unrecognized option '/dev/modem Maybe the modem port is not turned on in the BIOS as Bruce said? Cheers Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Kingsbury" <zcat(a)zcat.geek.nz> To: "Waikato Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 6:57 PM Subject: Re: [wlug] Message for Michael MXDonald There is NO root password. Open a terminal in your normal user login (Accessories, Terminal) and type "sudo pppconfig" -- and the password it asks for is the same one you used to log in. 2009/7/26 Robert D Davidson <robert(a)datamatrix.co.nz>:
Hi Jaytee,
The root password seems to be different from the password entered for the user account created when loading Ubuntu. Is there any way of getting it or is known only to the Kernal Maintainers?
Cheers
Robert
----- Original Message ----- From: <jaytee(a)clear.net.nz> To: "Waikato Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 5:10 PM Subject: Re: [wlug] Message for Michael MXDonald
You need to preface your command with the word sudo then a space that will make you root whilst that job is done. Regards john
----- Original Message Follows -----
Hi Michael,
Thanks for that. However how do I make myself root to run pppconfig?
Cheers
Robert
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael McDonald" <mikencolleen(a)gmail.com> To: "Waikato Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 3:56 PM Subject: Re: [wlug] Adding a Serial Modem
2009/7/26 Robert D Davidson <robert(a)datamatrix.co.nz>:
Yes indeed, I was told at the last WLUG Fixit meeting, after someone spent two hours trying to get a driver going for a Conextant internal modem and failed, that getting a serial modem would be trivially easy. However this has not proved to be the case and I am getting an earful from the groundcrew.
The last time I installed a serial modem I found that the most reliable method was using commands:- 1. pppconfig for setup 2. pon to connect 3. poff to disconnect
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