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[Benjamin Humphrey <humphreybc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ilya, what's the date on the help you looked up? Remember the official
help documents aren't particularly good... hence why we're around :P

On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:49 PM, Muhd Syazwan Md Khusaini
<jipang_menjerit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think the default network manager can do this job..
> correct me if I'm wrong
>
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Ryan Macnish <nisshh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 05:09:33 pm Benjamin Humphrey wrote:
>> > 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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>> > >>
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>> I doubt dialup support will get better, iv read that they have been
>> gradually
>> dropping support for it.
>>
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