On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Wade Buchanan wrote: > >%_I just installed 6.1 Mandrake Linux on my laptop. Installation was smooth > and very nice. I love the KDE environment. I am having a problem getting > my dialup to work. I have a Global Village 56k modem. The kppp > configuration is setup, when I tell it to connect it dials, the ISP answers > there are two sets of tones very long and drawn out and hangs on the tones > then the modem will finally disconnect and say no carrier. The ppp package > is 2.3.8. Has anyone ran into this problem and what do I do to fix it? Do > I need to get a new version of ppp or is it possibly a setting in the modem? > I tried to modify the s11 register to speed up the connection, and this did > increase the speed in which it dials, but it didn't seem to fix the tone > negotiation of the connection. Thoughts? On my desktop system at home, when I set the modem volume to max, I encounter the same symptoms as you do. When I set it to half or no volume, it works fine on kppp. See if this will help you. -- Ronald
