Myk,
Please first use:
$ sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
to detect your modem. Then
sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf
remove the ; < > symbols and replace with your dialout info.
add a line
Carrier Check = no
Then try a dialout with:
$ sudo wvdial
MarvS
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 2:51 AM, myk <
footso@...> wrote:
>
> thanks for your reply . KPPP just keeps redialing and just keeps giving me the NO CARRIER message.
>
> wvdial does not see the modem . :
>
> [ WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
> --> Cannot open /dev/modem: No such file or directory
> --> Cannot open /dev/modem: No such file or directory
> --> Cannot open /dev/modem: No such file or directory ]
>
> here's what the terminal returns after i enter '$ sudo slmodemd -c USA --alsa hw:0,6' :
>
> [ SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.11 Aug 3 2008 21:41:20
> symbolic link `/dev/ttySL0' -> `/dev/pts/1' created.
> modem `hw:0,6' created. TTY is `/dev/pts/1'
> Use `/dev/ttySL0' as modem device, Ctrl+C for termination. ]
>
> KPPP is the only dialer that has ttySL0 as a device selection.
>
>
>
>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: Marvin Stodolsky <
marvin.stodolsky@...>
>>>>>Sent: Nov 10, 2008 11:12 PM
>>>>>To: myk <
footso@...>
>>>>>Cc:
discuss@...
>>>>>Subject: Re: help request
>>>>>
>>>>>Myk
>>>>>
>>>>>with
>>>>> 0403 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G
>>>>> Primary device ID: 8086:27d8
>>>>> Subsystem PCI_id 107b:0366
>>>>> Softmodem codec or chipset from diagnostics: 0x10573057
>>>>>your modem setup is OK.
>>>>>
>>>>>Except after the:
>>>>>$ sudo slmodemd -c USA --alsa hw:0,6
>>>>>you should open a 2nd console and try detecting the modem with:
>>>>>$ sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
>>>>>if successful, add a line to /etc/wvdial.conf
>>>>> Carrier Check = no
>>>>>
>>>>>The closest equivlanet using KPPP would be to add an X3 into the Init string
>>>>>
>>>>>ALso you should be able install your former Gutsy Gibbon linux-image package
>>>>>
>>>>>Report back presently
>>>>>
>>>>>MarvS
>>>>>
>>>>>On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:53 PM, myk <
footso@...> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> attached is the ModemData.txt generated from my computer running Hardy Heron. the modem is a Motorola sm56.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> don't know if i read the txt correctly .
>>>>>> i downloaded SLMODEMD.gcc4.2.tar.gz , unpacked it with Archive Manager , extracting to my home folder.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> is this all that's required before modem setup ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i set up the modem with command : 'sudo slmodemd -c USA --alsa hw:0,6'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i use KPPP as a dialer , that's the only one that detects the modem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> when dialing , it'll try attempt after attempt , each time resulting only in a NO CARRIER message.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the modem worked under Gutsy Gibbon with SLMODEMD.gcc4.1 , i upgraded to Heron last night and i couldn't connect with 4.1 which is when i tried the scanmodem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> your help is greatly appreciated . thank you
>>>>>>
>>
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