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[Benjamin Humphrey <humphreybc@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's probably a good idea until it gets better dialup support by default.

Are there any statistics on the net that show how many people are
using what type of connection?

On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Ilya Haykinson <haykinson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Actually -- I just looked it up in Ubuntu's own help, and it's pretty
> pathetic, but they recommend downloading the gnome-network-admin package on
> another computer. They also say "Most dialup modems are not supported by
> Ubuntu, but drivers can be found...<etc>".
>
> Please ignore my request. This is just too difficult and I'm claiming it to
> be an unsupported use case. I'll remove the dialup section altogether.
>
> -ilya
>
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Benjamin Humphrey <humphreybc@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> So network manager doesn't support dialup by default?
>>
>> It would seem a bit silly to force you to download a package from the
>> internet before you can get the internet.
>>
>> Especially with Ubuntu's emphasis on helping third world countries.
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Ryan Macnish <nisshh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 03:52:25 pm Ilya Haykinson wrote:
>> >> I don't have a modem, nor a computer with a modem, nor a phone line.
>> >> I'm
>> >> hoping that someone who still can use dialup can help document the
>> >> portion
>> >> of chapter 3 that deals with dialup.
>> >>
>> >> -ilya
>> > I can help you a bit with that one:
>> >
>> > You need to install a package called, wvdial in most cases with a dialup
>> > modem
>> > and i think most config is done with a tool called pppconfig
>> >
>> > Hope this helps.
>> >
>> > Ryan Macnish
>> >
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