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My Task:
To connect my PC to the internet via an ISP using a newly
installed Debian/Linux OS.
(This is the official potato distribution Debian/Linux 2.2r2
that was purchased from a
vendor through the postal service.)
Problem:
When (run as root) the command "wvdial" is given, I get the
following resopnse
on the terminal:
WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.41
Cannot open /dev/modem: Device or resources busy
Situation:
I am new to Linux and Debian, but I have been looking at it
for the past three years.
I have read everything that I can find to resolve this
problem.
I am asking someone (who knows a lot more than I do) to help
with a solution to the
problem.
Equipment:
U.S. Robotics 56K Voice Faxmodem Pro - external - model 5605 -
V.90 56K and
x2 technology. (It has a serial and a USB
connector.)
This modem is working very well and is attached to the PC via
a USB cable and
running on Windows 98 OS.
I have also attached a serial cable from the PC to the modem
with the plan to use
the USB cable for Windows 98 and the serial cable attached to
the modem and
COM 2 (ttyS1) for the Debian/Linux 2.2r.2 OS. ( I was told by
someone at U. S.
Robotics that this was possible.) I understand the potato
version 2.2r2 does not
support USB for modems.
Configuration:
There is not a "/dev/modem" in the "/dev" directory. I
started to use "mknod"
to create a "/dev/modem", but I loaded the OS from a what was
supposed to
be an official CD-ROM and thought that I would make things
worse if I tried to
do it.
Configuration Files:
/etc/serial.conf
###[PORT STATE GENERATED using AUTOSAVE-ONCE]###
###AUTOSAVE-ONCE###
###AUTOSAVE###
/dev/ttyS0 uart 16550A port 0x3f8 irq4 baud_base 115000
spd_normal skip test
/dev/ttyS1 uart 16550A port 0x2f8 irq3 baud_base 115000
spd_normal skip test
/etc/wvdial.conf
[Dialer Defaults]
Phone =
9999999
username = reliable
password = password
new pppd = yes
/etc/ppp/peers/provider
noauth
connect /usr/sbin chat -v-f
/etc/chatscripts/provider
defaultroute
/dev/ttyS1 #(This was /dev/modem before I edited
it.)
56000 #(This was 38400
before I edited it.)
Persist
/etc/chatscripts/provider
ABORT BUSY
ABORT NO CARRIER
ABORT NO DIALTONE
""
ATDT 9999999
ogin
reliable
word \q
password
pppconfig:
[Properties of Provider]
Number
999-9999
user
reliable
Password Password
Speed 115200
COM
/dev/ttyS1
method PAP
Advanced options
Modeminit ATZ
ispconnect \d\c
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