Rajesh Fowkar wrote:
>
> Hi friends,
>
> When I start wvdial I get the following error :
>
> [rajesh@rajesh] ~$ wvdial
> --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.40
> --> Cannot open /dev/ttyS0: Device or resource busy
>
> I ran the command wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf and it created /etc/wvdial.conf
> with all the necessary entries.
>
> Why wvdial is giving the above error. My Modem is on COM1 ie.: ttyS0 and no
> other dialer software such as kppp was running when I started wvdial.
>
> Since I have created a symbolic link to ttyS0 (/etc/modem), which I am using in
> KPPP. I changed /dev/ttyS0 to /dev/modem in /etc/wvdial.conf but the same
> error.
>
> Contents of my /etc/wvdial.conf are as follows :
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [Dialer Defaults]
> Modem = /dev/modem
> Baud = 38400
> Init = ATX3Z
> Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0
> Phone = 172222
> Username = rfowkar
> Password
> Init1 = ATZ
>
> [Dialer phone2]
> Phone = 172223
>
> [Dialer pulse]
> Dial Command = ATDT
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Can anybody help me on this ?
>
> Thanks in advance.
Are using wvdial as user or as root.
If as user have you set the group permissions for using /dev/ttyS0?
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