On Sep 25, 2012 1:43 AM, "Ricardo Cruz" <ric8cruz gmail com> wrote:
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> Hi guys,
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> I am not using nm-applet to connect to the Internet. I am using wvdial instead. (It is how tech support from my Internet provider set it up.)
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> Anyhow, applications like empathy and pidgin refuse to connect to the servers, because they think I don't have an Internet connection active. (I am using Ubuntu.)
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> How can I fool nm-applet in order to fake an Internet connection -- because I really am connected to the Internet, just not using nm-applet in the process.
Just stop network manager:
sudo network-manager stop
in a terminal.
But which modem do you have, and what is the content of the wvdial config file? You should be able to use Network manager/modem manager.
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Marius