Well, I managed to get the root user to query the modem. kppp started to work once I issued ln -f /dev/ttyS4 /dev/modem
But I would rather not have to log on the internet as a root user. It wont go from my regular user account. I did use kuser to add to ip and dialout. kppp just gives me "unable to open modem," but wvdialconf is more revealing, it says attempting /dev/ttyS4, /dev/modem is a link to it /dev/ttyS4 permission denied. now, how can this be, shouldm't permission have been granted when I added the user to the dip and dialout group? How can I go about fixing this one?! Thanks for any and all advice, and sorry to be such a noob. --- Scotty On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 06:20:04 +0200, Steve Mandelmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: > >> Advice please, I can't dial up. >> >> I am using the K environment, and I enter the command "kppp" and when >> I go to set the device, I can't. My modem is on /dev/ttys4 but that is >> not in the drop down box. I tried "ln -s /dev/ttys4 /dev/modem" from >> the shell, but when I select /dev/modem from the drop down box, it >> does not work when I hit the button to test modem. >> >> Any advice? Please help. > >Here are some things to try (if you haven't already): > >Add your user account to the dip and dialout groups. Log out and log back >in afterwards. Try KUser or just do this on the shell commandline: ># adduser steve dip ># adduser steve dialout > >Change 'auth' to 'noauth' in /etc/ppp/options. Now try KPPP again. > >Maybe try running pppconfig (as root), go through the setup steps, then try >$ pon YourConnectionName > >Or try installing and running wvdial. If none of this works, there's >probably something wrong with the modem setup. Just a thought, but >maybe /dev/ttys4 needs to be /dev/ttyS4 (capital S) for the symlink? > >Steve > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
