Re: Help
> Make sure you don't have a win modem, works only with windows. See
>
> http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html
>
> and
>
> http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
>
> Hope that helps,
> Kent
>
This has nothing to do with winmodem. Winmodem is not recognised by the
system, and not being initialized. .
> Joe wrote:
>
> > I have installed Debian 2.0. I think it installed all right, but when I
> > try to connect online I get error message :In file
> > /etc/ppp/peers/provider: unrecognized option /dev/modem...... Here is
> > what I'm doing,,, Login as root,,,pon(enter),,, got message,,,
> > /usr/sbin/pppd: in file /etc/ppp/peers/provider: unrecognized option
> > /dev/modem..... Tried to access /etc/ppp/peers/provider, got :permission
> > denied: Tried plog,, got :ppd 2.3.5 started by root. vid 0
> > using interface ppp0
> > connect:ppp0<--> /dev/tty1
> > connection terminated
> > exit
> > in file /etc/ppp/peers/provider: unrecognized option /dev/modem
> > What can I do about this?
Ok, make sure you are really logged in as a root. Take a look at the
default provider file:
# These are the options to dial out to your service provider
# Please customize them correctly. Only the "provider" file will
# be handled by poff and pon.
# You usually need this if there is no PAP authentication
noauth
# The chatscript (be sure to edit that file too)
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/provider"
# Routing
defaultroute
# Default Modem (you better replace this with /dev/ttySx!)
/dev/modem
^
|----------------This is where the problem might reside.
What you need to is:
a. Make a link to the COM port where your modem is and call it /dev/modem
b. Put down the actualy COM port device here. I.e. /dev/ttyS2 for COM3
Make sure this is what your provider file (default) looks like. You can
correct any mistakes, and run pppconfig again.
As to permission denied: Check the permissions on the file.
They could look like this:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root dip 490 Nov 10 22:57 provider
# Speed
115200
# Keep Modem up even if connection fails
persist
HTH,
Andrew
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