Caffeine-O
Please after activating your modem, open another console and:
$ 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
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 2:32 AM, Caffeine-O <
caffeino@...> wrote:
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> thanks for your reply . KPPP just keeps redialing and just keeps giving me the NO CARRIER message.
>
> wvdial does not see the modem . :
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> [ 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' :
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> [ 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.
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>>-----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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