Comment 4 for bug 289239

I got the same result trying to connect gnome-ppp as user, a suggestion on the web
said start as root ( a dangerous thing, i am told), so I did.

It works.

Now, how to make it work as user?

john@john-laptop:~$ sudo gnome-ppp
[sudo] password for john:
WVCONF: /root/.wvdial.conf
GNOME PPP: Connecting...
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Ignoring malformed input line: ";Do NOT edit this file by hand!"
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Cannot get information for serial port.
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Initializing modem.
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Sending: ATZ
GNOME PPP: STDERR: ATZ
GNOME PPP: STDERR: OK
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
GNOME PPP: STDERR: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
GNOME PPP: STDERR: OK
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Modem initialized.
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Sending: ATM1L3DT*70,,4901941
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Waiting for carrier.
GNOME PPP: STDERR: ATM1L3DT*70,,4901941
GNOME PPP: STDERR: CONNECT 57600
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Starting pppd at Sat May 2 09:49:51 2009
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Pid of pppd: 3685
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Using interface ppp0
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> local IP address 69.19.185.61
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> remote IP address 69.19.217.75
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> primary DNS address 66.81.1.250
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> secondary DNS address 66.81.1.252

John