Re: Dialer Problems-Only Pon Works

[Debian User Leonard Chatagnier <lenc@ruralcomm.com>]

Kent West wrote:

> Debian User Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
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> > n Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 12:47:39PM -0500, Debian User Leonard
> > Chatagnier wrote:
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> >    
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> > > Many changes were made in the configuration files to no avail.  The
> > > current configuration files and errer messages are below: (Note: I
> > > have pon working on sarge now but can't remember how I got it now.)
> > > Thanks for any help. I've struggled long and hard and can't make any
> > > progress on wedial although its probably a somple oversight.
> > >
> > >      
> > If pon and kppp work, why is it such a problem that wvdial doesn't work?
> > Dear Bill,
> > Not to sound snippy, but its broke. I can't stand things to be broke and
> > being so, it may cause other things to break.  Wvdial is my prefered
> > dialer.
> >    
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> Arg! Your email system (or something) consistently mangles quoting. In
> the above, it looks like you've written the questions that were asked by
> Bill, and then you've responded.
>  
Exactly, he didn't copy my email address as requested so I
copied his reply from the web list and added my answers in my reply.
This was noted in a PS to him requesting he copy my email address.

> What are the permissions on "/etc/wvdial.conf"?
>  
ChatagnierL-Home:/etc/ppp/peers# ls -l /etc/wvdial.conf
-rwxrwxrwt  1 root root 212 Jun 26 11:04 /etc/wvdial.conf
ChatagnierL-Home:/etc/ppp/peers#
I changed these from original defaults with chmod a+rwx
as noted in my post.  The "t" at the end was "T" originally
and I don't know the meaning of either.

> Also, do you have a "/.wvdialrc" file in your home directory?
>  
No, looked for it before.  It's not there.

> If all else looks right, rename "/etc/wvdial.conf" and run wvdial again;
> what's the results? Depending on those results, you might want to
> manually create a new "/etc/wvdial.conf" (without copy/paste, in case
> there's a hidden character in the original or something else oddball).
>  
Duh.  Little confused here.  I'll let you see that I don't have the
/.wvdialrc file first and see your reply before I rename /etc/wvdial.conf
and run wvdial again.  I think that's what you wanted and ment.  Also,
what about the other two wvdials in /etc/x11/ and in /home/lchata, rename
them too?

Thanks for jumping in.  I appreciate it.
Leonard