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I just got my lucent winmodem to work with Mandrake 9.2 but i can't get the modem to be detected when i boot up. i can get it to work through the console but would like to be able to just use kppp to dial out and connect. i was told that adding a command to the /etc/modules.conf file would load the module for my modem at start up but i get a
"The file could not be saved. Please check if you have write permission."
error every time i try. how do i set permissions for this?
also, is modprobe lt_serial the command i would want to put in there and is so would i just enter it as is?
i know how to log on as root in the console but havn't not found anyway to log on as root in the konqueror browser (which is how i'm accessing the file). do i have to access the file through the console then to edit it and if so how would i do that?
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thx leukozyt, i had the same problem a few months ago and have been trying to find the thread that helped me. so i could help GrapeApe. my linux box is down right now for some upgrade and i couldn't log into to it to get the info. thx again.
Distribution: Slackware, Windows, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS X
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i found it
K
Configuration
KDE Control Centre
System
Login Manager
Aministrator mode butoon - type root password
Users tab
Uncheck the cross next to Root user, in "hidden users"
appy
root is hidden(for good reason) from the kde login. you'll also see a message if you login to the user interface about the seriousness of this action.
good luck.
thanks peacedog...i was able to get in through the console but i imagine that will come in handy in the future....i still havn't solved my original problem but at least i learned something new.
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