On Mon, 07 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> Grahame
>
> I wonder if I could point me in the right direction for some help with
> getting on to the Internet with Linux. I got your name from the SLUG page
> at Linux.org.
>
Rod I have placed your email on the SLUG mailing list as there are many
people more qualified to answer your questions than I. I am sure the SLUG
members would be only to pleased to assist.
> I am an ex Sydney resident living in China (Beijing) and its very difficult
> to get any help up here with local people because of the language problem,
> and because of restrictions on the Internet here we don't have access to
> news groups which is where I would normally have gone.
>
> A family member posted up from Australia the OReilly "Learning Red Hat
> Linux" which came with a CD with Red Hat 6.1.
>
> Have read all the HOW-TOs and FAQs from the Web and from my CD which came
> with the Learning Red Hat, and have Peter Nortons Complete Guide to Linux.
> Have tried all the suggestions in these publications and still can't
> achieve the most fundamental thing which is to get on to the Internet.
>
> The problem seems to come down to two things:
>
> . Often I get a message which says that the modem is locked and so can't
> dial out.
>
> . On the occasions when I can dial out I can make a connection with my ISP
> (www.eastnet.com.cn) where my user name and password are accepted and I am
> assigned a dynamic number for the session. However on only one occasion
> after trying for three days have I been able to ping the number assisned
> me, and that was when using dip -t
>
> Have tried all of the following programs, each many times but never get
> anywhere (except for the one brief ping with dip) - and have reinstalled
> Linux to try and fix the problem. I very closely follow the instructions
> for the programs from the books and screen, but sometimes they don't
> respond the way the book says they should e.g the OReilly book says that
> after altering wvdial.conf you issue
>
> route del default -- and I get a message which says SCIODRT not
> recognised (or similar).
>
> Dip
>
> Wvdial
>
> minicom
>
> Linuxconf within Gnome
>
> netcfg &
>
> KDPPP
>
>
> The results are:
>
> DIP
> Can establish contact with ISP (login and get number) but don't get a ping
> result. Then the next time I try I get a message which says
>
> attempt to use already locked tty /var/lock/LCK..modem
> can't open - problems with locking modem
>
> WVDIAL
> Carefully make the changes to the wvdial.conf file as instructed with the
> result mentioned above then enter
> /usr/local/bin/wvdial &
> and nothing happens.
>
> MINICOM
> Am usually quite succesful in logging in to the ISP but can never ping.
> However often get a message which says
> device /dev/modem is locked.
>
> LINUXCONF GNOME
> Usually not easy to enter parameters at the config - networking - client
> tasks - PPP/SLIP/PLIP
> because I always get the same error messages when I hit the Accept button
> and act/changes which is
> something like
> The changes you have made are not in sync with the system. You can
> activate them or view what needs to be done to fix the problem. Invariably
> what has to be fixed is
> /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S85gpm start and sometimes another one
> /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S50inet restart
> I make those entries or else use netconf --update but the same error
> messages are there everytime I use Linuxconf Gnome.
> Anyway I enter all the ppp0 information - hit activate - and the thing is
> completely dead.
>
> NETCFG &
> Enter all the parameters - don't get any error messages - hit activate -
> completely dead
>
> KDPPP
> Here there are a variety of messages such as
> there is a 'lock' at /etc/ppp.options KDPPP has its own locking process
> Usually after having completed the setup I hit the connect button there is
> ATZ on the debug screen - again completely dead. Rang out on only two
> occaisions but the connection was immediately dropped.
>
>
> Have run modemtool and tried each of the above processes many times over a
> couple of days but am getting nowhere. I am new to Linux and I am finding
> it a bit frustrating. Have been using the Web since before Mosaic came
> along and it was text based, but I have never had such a difficult time.
>
> Have not even tried to put on other hardware such as a printer or a Jaz
> drive. The modem is the only hardware attached.
>
> Would appreciate it very much if you could let me know who could give me
> some suggestions, or what else I may do, because as I say there's not a lot
> of options in China, particularly as we can't get on to news groups because
> of the censorship problem.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Rod Morphett
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