Erro ao conectar modem intel ham

tenho um modem intel ham 56k e também tenho o seu driver mais atual, uso o Debian 3.0 rl1.

Bom, eu sempre usei esse modem no conectiva 8.0, red hat 7.3 e 8.0 sem problemas. No

entanto eu adotei o Debian como minha nova distribuição e então baixei o kernel source

2.4.18 e 2.4.22, compilei os dois, instalei -os e depois instalei o meu modem. Ao usar o

kppp para discar para a ig ou ibest, eu recebo a seguinte menssagem:

fireborn:~/modem/intel# kppp &
[1] 519
fireborn:~/modem/intel# Opener: received OpenLock
Opener: received OpenDevice
Opener: received RemoveLock
WARNING: KDE detected X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
Major opcode: 42
Opener: received SetSecret
Opener: received SetSecret
Opener: received OpenLock
Opener: received OpenDevice
Opener: received ExecPPPDaemon
In parent: pppd pid 523
Couldn't find interface ppp0: No such device
Kernel supports ppp alright.
pppd: The remote system is required to authenticate itself
pppd: but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to use to do so.pppd:
(None of the available passwords would let it use an IP address.)
It was pppd that died
pppd exited with return value 1
Sending 519 a SIGUSR1
Couldn't find interface ppp0: No such device
Opener: received RemoveSecret
Opener: received RemoveSecret
Opener: received OpenResolv
Opener: received OpenResolv
Opener: received RemoveLock
Opener: received PPPDExitStatus
WARNING: KDE detected X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
Major opcode: 42

ai eu pensei em usar o wvdial e configurei-o para conexão com o ibest e:

fireborn:/usr/sbin# wvdial
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.53
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Sending: AT S11=50
AT S11=50
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDT2251197
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT2251197
CONNECT 45333
--> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt.
UQKT2login:
--> Looks like a login prompt.
--> Sending: xxx@ibest.com.br (meu e-mail é claro)
xxx@ibest.com.br
password:
--> Looks like a password prompt.
--> Sending: (password)
Exiting shell, and starting PPP session.
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--> PPP negotiation detected.
--> Starting pppd at Sun Oct 12 17:24:18 2003
--> pid of pppd: 555
--> Disconnecting at Sun Oct 12 17:24:18 2003
--> The PPP daemon has died: Fatal pppd error (exit code = 1)
--> man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail.
--> Try again and look into /var/log/messages and the wvdial and pppd man pages
for more information.

ambos retornam exit code=1 e dizem que no man pages deles tem essa menssgem de erro, bom eu não vi nada lá,

se alguém puder me ajudar ficarei grato.