johnz Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 :mellow: I have a USB modem and driver When i run Gnome it is easy to install, but i'm trying to run it on KDE so far I have managed to extract the firmware files and copy them to the appropriate location. the i'm stuck on is configuring the connection as the instructions are for Gnome examples gksudo gedit /etc/ppp/peers/ueagle-atm gksudo gedit /etc/ppp/chap-secrets gksudo gedit /etc/ppp/pap-secrets gksudo gedit /etc/init.d/modem-startup appreciate your help [moved from Hardware by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 the i'm stuck on is configuring the connection as the instructions are for Gnome examples gksudo gedit /etc/ppp/peers/ueagle-atm -snip- You could use kdesu kwrite /etc/ppp/peers/ueagle-atm to edit the file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnz Posted January 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 thanks for thre quick reply i will go and try that ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 KDE and Gnome are different desktops, but not different operating systems. If a driver is installed in Linux, it will work regardless of the desktop. Something else is wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnz Posted January 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 here are the errors, in each command kwrite opened up and i edited the files, it is Kubuntu so kdesudo was instead of kdesu Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-john" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0. Error: "/tmp/kde-john" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0. Error: "/tmp/ksocket-john" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0. john@kubuntu:~$ kdesudo kwrite /etc/ppp/chap-secrets Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-john" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0. Error: "/tmp/kde-john" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0. Error: "/tmp/ksocket-john" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0. john@kubuntu:~$ kdesudo kwrite /etc/ppp/peers/ueagle-atm Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-john" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0. Error: "/tmp/kde-john" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0. john@kubuntu:~$ kdesudo kwrite /etc/ppp/pap-secrets Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-john" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0. Error: "/tmp/kde-john" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0. Error: "/tmp/ksocket-john" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0. john@kubuntu:~$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Initiate with root or clear the temp files. It seems that the same files are used but for some mystery the user ID is different for Gnome. Do you have more than one user? The same user can launch any desktop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnz Posted January 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 (edited) no, i just have the one user sudo chown -R john /media/sda1 This command may give me access to the mount as root, As far as i know the errors are saying that permission not granted, but yet the edited files remain edited and how they should be Edited January 24, 2008 by johnz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnz Posted January 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 I tried running as root sudo passwd root but got the same error, even when trying kdesu konqueror the same error comes up, i have not emptied the cache as i do not know how yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnz Posted January 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 It matters not, problem fixed :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted January 26, 2008 Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 In cases like this it would be really nice and fair to all who endeavored to help you to know what the solution was. This is so that others can benefit from the knowledge as well. If you solved it yourself then congrats and that is fine. If suggestions helped or didn't help then that is OK too but please make it a two way deal by letting us know the solution. Far too often we here at MUB get the message that "problem solved" but no mention of how. And when you seriously think about it, it is a little unfair. Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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