Hi Dave, thanks for the sugestion. This setting was changed as from Feisty, and noauth became the default. regards Chris
On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 22:42 +1300, dave wrote: > Make sure you have noauth un marked. > > eg > > config file > > blah.... lines of it > finally > #noauth > ^remove this and put one on the auth line (if memory serves me right auth is > set by default). > > HTH > > On Tuesday 24 February 2009 21:58:59 chris wrote: > > Hi Steve > > Attached is the ppp log output of the last attempt to connect to xtra. > > This was 5 mins after a successful download of mail etc using the same > > modem from the xp partition > > regards Chris > > > > On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 16:42 +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > > That's an external one, isn't it?? So can you talk to it on /dev/ttyS0 or > > > is it on ttyS1? ( try connecting to it with minicom, and typing ATZ - > > > it'll answer OK if it is, then you'll be sure which device it's on ). > > > > > > Other options, like is it waiting for a dialtone ( maybe from the wrong > > > country? ) before dialling, or can you connect to the clear account that > > > you know the modem can connect to on other machines?? Hopefully that'll > > > help to identify which bit is playing up... > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:27:26 +1300 > > > > > > chris <che...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Steve, > > > > Can we start again please? > > > > the modem is a diamond 56e supra express pro. > > > > I use it successfully on my other two machines where it connects > > > > flawlessly to clear. > > > > However on this machine it will not pass on to Xtra and times out after > > > > 24 seconds. > > > > > > > > Attached is the output from lspic > > > > > > > > will be grateful for any help you can give > > > > Regards Chris Thomas > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 15:41 +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:33:20 +1300 > > > > > > > > > > chris <che...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi All > > > > > > I can not connect from my hardy partition to xtra, using either > > > > > > wvdial, or gnome pp. > > > > > > This same machine will connect using the the same modem from the > > > > > > windows partition. > > > > > > Can anyone please offer any sugestions? > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards Chris Thomas > > > > > > > > > > Hi Chris, > > > > > > > > > > Knowing what the modem was ( sudo lspci should tell you ) will make > > > > > support easier (: > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, Steve > >
