Re: Can't dial up
Well, managed to set read and write permissions for both ttyS4 and
dex/modem .... So I am connecting,
Well, I gotta sleep, I just wish I could figure out why I cant resolve
a hostname, like www.google.com
Tomorrow is another day!
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Scotty
On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 18:10:07 +0200, sfitz007@bestweb.net (Scotty
Fitzgerald) wrote:
>I have been working along these lines, but I am thinking of another
>approach, can anybody see any problems with this idea.
>
>Since I will need the "pointy clickey" KDE thing to sell my fiance on
>swithcing to linux, I really want to get that working.
>
>IT allows choices ttys0 through ttys3, my modem is on ttys4 according
>to wmdialconf. How about this idea....
>
>I go into bios and disable com2, which I have nothing plugged in on (I
>have a PDA I plug from time to time on com1.)
>
>reboot, and hope that the one disabled com port with cause the modem's
>com port to "slide down" into com4, which should be ttys3 in "linux
>mode."
>
>Try to use K's point-click interface.
>
>Is there any "watch outs" I need to know for trying this strategy?!
>
>thanks!
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>Scotty
>
>On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 06:20:04 +0200, Steve Mandelmore
><circle@infinitezoom.com> wrote:
>
>>Scotty Fitzgerald wrote:
>>
>>> Advice please, I can't dial up.
>>>
>>> I am using the K environment, and I enter the command "kppp" and when
>>> I go to set the device, I can't. My modem is on /dev/ttys4 but that is
>>> not in the drop down box. I tried "ln -s /dev/ttys4 /dev/modem" from
>>> the shell, but when I select /dev/modem from the drop down box, it
>>> does not work when I hit the button to test modem.
>>>
>>> Any advice? Please help.
>>
>>Here are some things to try (if you haven't already):
>>
>>Add your user account to the dip and dialout groups. Log out and log back
>>in afterwards. Try KUser or just do this on the shell commandline:
>># adduser steve dip
>># adduser steve dialout
>>
>>Change 'auth' to 'noauth' in /etc/ppp/options. Now try KPPP again.
>>
>>Maybe try running pppconfig (as root), go through the setup steps, then try
>>$ pon YourConnectionName
>>
>>Or try installing and running wvdial. If none of this works, there's
>>probably something wrong with the modem setup. Just a thought, but
>>maybe /dev/ttys4 needs to be /dev/ttyS4 (capital S) for the symlink?
>>
>>Steve
>>
>>
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