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I just installed Ubuntu Studio and i am trying to connect online using a USB modem called Huawei EC325. I have no idea how to dial to the net. I have found a blog that tells how to connect but on step 2 it says login as root typing "su -" and then enter my password. When it says "Password:" i enter my password (the one i use to login) cause thats the only password i've created (even when installed), it comes back and says its invalid. And if i try and edit the wvdial.conf file i can't. It seems it wont let me change anything using terminal.

Any advice would be great! Would like to get up and running in the Linux world:)

thanks.
Jordan

Hey chowdan, if you're running Ubuntu, instead of "su", try typing sudo bash and then give your password if asked. If that doesn't work, just begin all your commands with "sudo", and then give the password when prompted. If your installation is functioning properly, then that should work.

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Ah yes. You're probably opening the program without root permission. There are a couple of ways to do that properly. You could fire up an editor as root, e.g. sudo kate or sudo emacs (or any other text editor). Now you'll have root permissions. If you're running KDE, you can sometimes find somewhere in your menu File Manager Superuser Mode, or something like that. You can open files from there as root.
Now if none of this works, it might have something to do with the permissions on the file itself. If you have problems, switch to /etc, type
ls -l
and post the line that refers to wvdial.conf. It should have rw permissions listed for you to edit it.
Hope that this helps!

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Great about 7.10!
But on Studio, the file is actually there but you're being told that it doesn't exist? It's possible that you need a proper path for the command. Sorry, but I'm not that familiar with wvdial. Perhaps post the exact output here and someone will help!

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