[newbie] wvdial or pppd: what next?

I have this modem: 00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 01) I used slmodem-2.9.4 and I get dialtone and I am able to dial. It looks like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] dan]# wvdial -- WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.53 -- Initializing modem. -- Sending: ATZ ATZ OK --

[newbie] wvdial

Frankie wrote: my favorite method of dialup is wvdial. Its an intelligent dialer that reads what the remote server says and responds appropraitely. doesn't kppp do that too? what should I expect differently? urpmi wvdial (As root) cd /etc touch wvdial.conf wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf It

[newbie] wvdial permissions

Another wvdial question, when I try to dial with wvdial, I have to su to root and use it there. As a user it tells me that the device is busy. Seems like a permissions problem, but can not find anything in the logs that looks like a reference to ppp or wvdial. I don't know if it is a

RE: [newbie] wvdial permissions

AM To: Newbie Linux-Mandrake Subject: [newbie] wvdial permissions Another wvdial question, when I try to dial with wvdial, I have to su to root and use it there. As a user it tells me that the device is busy. Seems like a permissions problem, but can not find anything in the logs that looks

RE: [newbie] wvdial used with ifup (Answered my own Question.)

: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Franki Sent: Tuesday, 12 February 2002 1:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] wvdial used with ifup Hi all, I want to use ifup and ifdown to activate/deactivate my dialup connection, but I want to use wvdial to establish

Re: [newbie] wvdial

On Saturday 09 February 2002 12:55, Tim wrote: Having never used the app, the best thing I can suggest would be to kill the process that's running. kill -9 `ps auxw | grep wvdial | awk '{print $2}' | sort` How does the above compare to killall wvidial? Thanks.

[newbie] wvdial

Hi folks, a dumb question, I set up wvdial and it dials up just dandy but now I can't get it to shut off, and if I unplug the external modem it just redials when plugged back in. How do you turn the dumb thing off when you don't need it, I have been through the man pages and docs and don't see

Re: [newbie] wvdial

If you're running it in a terminal, just do a ctrlc in the terminal. That's do it. On Sat, 2002-02-09 at 09:13, Dennis Myers wrote: Hi folks, a dumb question, I set up wvdial and it dials up just dandy but now I can't get it to shut off, and if I unplug the external modem it just redials

Re: [newbie] wvdial

On Saturday 09 February 2002 10:13, Denkar wrote: Hi folks, a dumb question, I set up wvdial and it dials up just dandy but now I can't get it to shut off, and if I unplug the external modem it just redials when plugged back in. How do you turn the dumb thing off when you don't need it, I

[newbie] wvdial questions

Hi all, I seem to be having problems with wvdial. I can dial out as root, but not as s. I chown and chmod all the scripts and /dev/ttyS2, but I get a "Cannot open /dev/ttyS2: Device or resource busy" error. ??? But su to root and can dial. Any suggestions? (Don't really want to connect

[newbie] wvdial

Where can I find (exactly) WVDIAL on rpmfind.net? can't find it... -- Registered Linux User:167369 =KompuKit= Kit Goins ICQ# 7110071 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lowell, Mass. Web

Re: [newbie] wvdial

On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, you wrote: Where can I find (exactly) WVDIAL on rpmfind.net? can't find it... -- Go to rpmfind.net, index by name, choose W, and you will find it there (it' s a long way round, but I get there eventually !!) Roger