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Re: mint 10.0 chicken & egg problem getting kppp

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pH wrote:
>[...]installed Mint 10.0[...]
>I could not seem to find any modem items installed
>for my dial-up connection.
>
I assume you know this part,
but for anyone reading over our shoulders:

Before you start chasing down software,
one assumes that you have checked
to assure that the modem you have is Linux-compatible.
Hardware modems aka controller modems are OK;
external modems (serial port; USB) are OK;
in most cases, WinModems aka software modem are *NOT* OK
http://google.com/search?q=LinModems

>It wanted to download some 60MB
>to get kppp. via apt-get install kppp.
>
Some folks were pitching a fit
that even the LXDE spin of Mint totally left out dial-up support.
http://google.com/search?q=site:forums.linuxmint.com+wvdial+%22.GNOME-PPP%22+OR+kppp
Really short-sighted of Kendall, IMO.  8-(

...and GNOME-PPP and kppp are graphical front ends to wvdial;
you will need that as well.
http://google.com/search?q=site:forums.linuxmint.com+wvdial+%22.GNOME-PPP%22+OR+kppp

...or just get wvdial
and, as Dave U. Random suggested, configure it without a GUI.

>The problem, without my dial-up connection
>I can't get the items required to get a dialup connection.
>
That really sucks, doesn't it?

This distro/version has out-of-the-box dial-up support.
http://google.com/search?q=PuppyLinux+MultiUser
PupDialer is quite nice.

Once installed, that Puplet also *doesn't* have Puppy's infamous
always-running-as-root "feature".
.
This distro was constructed to work with really old low-spec boxes
and it also comes with dial-up support:
http://google.com/search?q=antiX+64MB+128MB
(Pronounced "antiques".)

>The Question:
>Is there a place I can order
>repository CD/DVD's with my items of interest?
>
The way to do this
is to have someone with a connection install Mint from the CD
then have him install the apps you need on his partition via apt-get
*then* run something like RemasterSys
http://google.com/search?q=RemasterSys
to make a new version of the install CD from the HDD partition.

If the CD from which he installed his OS is already filled to the
brim,
he might have to delete a few other apps from his Mint install
to get the new stuff to fit on the CD he burns.
(...and if he was making a DVD, there is a 4.0GB limit there.)

You install your dial-up-enabled OS from the remastered CD.
You also now have a boot-to-a-CD option with dial-up.
I'm amazed no one has done this already and put it in a repository.

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mint 10.0 chicken & egg problem getting kppp pH <pureheart@pacbell.net> - 2011-05-22 09:42 -0700
  Re: mint 10.0 chicken & egg problem getting kppp Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid> - 2011-05-22 19:02 +0200
    Re: mint 10.0 chicken & egg problem getting kppp pH <pureheart@pacbell.net> - 2011-05-22 10:27 -0700
    Re: mint 10.0 chicken & egg problem getting kppp John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2011-05-22 12:42 -0500
      Re: mint 10.0 chicken & egg problem getting kppp The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-22 20:57 +0100
      Re: mint 10.0 chicken & egg problem getting kppp pH <pureheart@pacbell.net> - 2011-05-23 10:45 -0700
  Re: mint 10.0 chicken & egg problem getting kppp Dave U. Random <anonymous@anonymitaet-im-inter.net> - 2011-05-22 23:51 +0200
  Re: mint 10.0 chicken & egg problem getting kppp JeffM <jeffm_@email.com> - 2011-05-25 21:11 -0700
  Re: mint 10.0 chicken & egg problem getting kppp JeffM <jeffm_@email.com> - 2011-05-26 11:30 -0700
  Re: mint 10.0 chicken & egg problem getting kppp JeffM <jeffm_@email.com> - 2011-05-27 16:16 -0700

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