Re: [Sheflug] Dell X200 and Redhat 8.0

[Nicola Richmond <nospam1045405695-3746 [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear All, 

I have finally got my winmodem to work under linux and I'm emailing this
from my laptop. 

I signed up for a pay and go virgin account and it seems to work. Don't
actually know exactly what has made a difference but here is my
wvdial.conf 

[Modem0] 
Modem = /dev/ttyS15 
Baud = 19200 
SetVolume = 0 
Stupid Mode=1 
Dial Command = ATDT 
Init1 = ATZ 
FlowControl = NOFLOW 
[Dialer Defaults] 
Username = myusername 
Password = mypassword 
Phone = 08454550280 
Stupid Mode = 1 
Inherits = Modem0 

It seems to have overwritten /etc/ppp/options with nothing. 

I used wvdial to connect. 

Thanks for everyone's suggestions. I'm now going to have another stab at
the firewire CD-RW. 

Nicola 



On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 12:24, Dave Mitchell wrote: 
> On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 12:09:50PM +0000, Nicola Richmond wrote:
> > I'm probably wrong then. I just thought that this would be the case
> > judging by the screen output:
> > 
> > Welcome to minicom 2.00.0
> > 
> > OPTIONS: History Buffer, F-key Macros, Search History Buffer, I18n
> > Compiled on Jun 23 2002, 16:41:20.
> > 
> > Press CTRL-A Z for help on special keys
> > 
> > AT S7=45 S0=0 L1 V1 X4 &c1 E1 Q0
> > OK
> > ATDT08454550280
> > CONNECT 46666
> > Virgin EDI-CVX1-A   login: nicola.richmond
> > password:
> > 
> > 
> > Exiting shell, and starting PPP session.
> > 
> > ~.}#@!}!}!} }8}!}$}%\}"}&} }*} } }%}&FGwB}'}"}(}"j.~~.}# [at] !}!}"}
> > }8}!}$}%\}"}&} ~NO CARRIER
> 
> The 'Exiting shell' stuff is being produced by the far end -
> ie you log in, then the far end tries to start a PPP session.
> Since your end (minicom) doen't respond in kind, the far end drops the
> line, and your modem reports 'NO CARRIER'. (At least I'm gusessing that's
> why the line is dropped).
> 
> IIRC, your PPP config will be stored in a file under /etc/ppp/peer/,
> eg the file wvdial.
> 
> If you add the following line to this file:
> 
>     debug
> 
> then there should be logs of debugging output going to whatever file
> syslog directs daemon:debug stuff to (most likely /var/log/messages)
> - although you may need to reconfigure syslog to enable the logging
> output.
> 
> [ disclaimers - I've never used RH 8.0, and its been a while since I used
> dialup - hurrah for ADSL ]
> 
> -- 
> "There's something wrong with our bloody ships today, Chatfield."
> Admiral Beatty at the Battle of Jutland, 31st May 1916.
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-- 
Dr. Nicola J. Richmond,
Department of Information Studies,
University of Sheffield,
Regent Court, 211 Portobello Street, S1 4DP.
-- 
Dr. Nicola J. Richmond,
Department of Information Studies,
University of Sheffield,
Regent Court, 211 Portobello Street, S1 4DP.

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