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gnome-nettool package

install 9.10 no internet connection

Asked by hgrahamprc@gmail.com

upgrading Ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10 no internet connection possible. Using dsl in China. Clean install 9.10 also no internet connection possible. Tried all possible combinations of Auto eth and DSL. No satisfaction. "No connection to internet possible" widely reported. What is wrong? Any solution? Ubuntu 9.04 works fine. Very frustrating since everything comes from solid internet connection. No detail of problem to report. Nothing happens. No connection.

Howard

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Cosmin (cosminonofre) said : 		#1

There is an official bug with the DSL/PPPoE connections in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). You can setup the connection using: sudo pppoeconf in Terminal.

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hgrahamprc@gmail.com (hgrahamprc) said : 		#2

No satisfaction with sudo ppoeconf. It will not search for other devices. It only sets up ethernet(0). It says it will use modconf to search for other devices but it does not do so. 'modconf not found' is displayed when the modconf command is used in terminal and . When I try the ethernet connection with 'pon dsl-provider' in terminal, it says "only member of 'dip'group can use this command"

Howard

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Best zvacet (ivicakolic) said : 		#3

I had similar problem but I solved it with sudo pppoeconf.It found my eth0 and after that I'm able to surf the net.If you went all the way with sudo pppoeconf and still not able to connect try what message tell you.Add yourself to dip group.Boot in recovery mode and type

 adduser <username> dip

If dip group doesn't exist make one

addgroup dip

and after that add yourself to that group.

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hgrahamprc@gmail.com (hgrahamprc) said : 		#4

You were right in the first suggestion. My only problem there was using 'pon dsl-provider' instead of 'sudo pon dsl-provider' . Once I did that in terminal I got:

hjg@hjg:~$ sudo pppoeconf
[sudo] password for hjg:
/usr/sbin/pppoeconf: 521: modconf: not found
/usr/sbin/pppoeconf: 521: modconf: not found
Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.
RP-PPPoE plugin version 3.8p compiled against pppd 2.4.5
hjg@hjg:~$ sudo pon dsl-provider
Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.
RP-PPPoE plugin version 3.8p compiled against pppd 2.4.5
hjg@hjg:~$ ^C
hjg@hjg:~$

and I was connected to the internet.

I reinstalled 9.10 reformated and all is well. Thank you for your kind consideration in resolving my connection problem. I appreciate the quick response.

Thanks again

Howard

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hgrahamprc@gmail.com (hgrahamprc) said : 		#5

Thanks zvacet, that solved my question.

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sarah (sarahf60) said : 		#6

i've install ubuntu9.10 but i cant connect to internet
i've run these codes:
ifconfig
sudo pppoeconf (error = modconf not found)
sudo pon dsl-driver(error= /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-driver does not exist)
now what should i do