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# Rationale
# Rationale
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# Roadmap
# Roadmap
**Next thing to do**
: make up our mind wrt. towards which one of the
**Next thing to do**
: make up our mind wrt. towards which one of the
possible solutions we want to go:
[[!
tails
_ticket
6045
]]
.
possible solutions we want to go: tails
/tails#
6045.
Possible solutions:
Possible solutions:
*
fix [
[!deb
bug 258064]
]
, but GNOME PPP looks dead upstream, so
*
fix
[
Debian
bug
#
258064
]
(
https://bugs.debian.org/258064
)
, but GNOME PPP looks dead upstream, so
it might be an option to create a custom package handling resolvconf the way
it might be an option to create a custom package handling resolvconf the way
we want.
we want.
*
find alternative ways to use WvDial or PPP.
*
find alternative ways to use WvDial or PPP.
Ideal solution:
[[!
tails
_ticket
5543
]]
Ideal solution: tails
/tails#
5543
# Research
# Research
NetworkManager (and ModemManager) have full support for
**mobile**
modems. But
NetworkManager (and ModemManager) have full support for
**mobile**
modems. But
nothing for old school dial-up modems at the moment:
nothing for old school dial-up modems at the moment:
see [
[!gnomebug 348330 desc="Integrated PPP support"]]
see
[
Integrated PPP support
](
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=348330
)
Fallback option: provide GNOME PPP, a GUI front-end to old but trusty WvDial.
Fallback option: provide GNOME PPP, a GUI front-end to old but trusty WvDial.
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Remaining issues:
Remaining issues:
*
`gnome-ppp`
conflicts with
`resolvconf`
, see [
[!deb
bug 258064]
]
.
*
`gnome-ppp`
conflicts with
`resolvconf`
, see
[
Debian
bug
#
258064
]
(
https://bugs.debian.org/258064
)
.
*
Clarify what groups must the user be part of to run wvdial /
*
Clarify what groups must the user be part of to run wvdial /
gnome-ppp? We've been told on the
gnome-ppp? We've been told on the
forum that
forum that
the answer was
`dialout`
(which is already the case) and
`dip`
the answer was
`dialout`
(which is already the case) and
`dip`
(which is not).
(which is not).