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 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? > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
