-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 06:57:07PM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: > I'll be moving soon, and temporarily slumming it on dialup, bleagh. I > set up an account on a low-cost dial-up ISP (they confirm connection is > bog-standard, and no special software is required). I also installed > wvdial and set up the account. Wvdial requires root to run !!! Testing > it from root, it sees the login/password prompts and responds. The > connection seems to be established, but nothing happens, and my external > modem's lights stay solid. The same machine+modem did work with Redhat > 7.3.
dpkg --purge wvdial && apt-get install ppp pppconfig Use pppconfig as root to twiddle your PPP settings. Enable demand mode and forget about it. Might have to retry your connection after a minute if the modem's on the hook when you try to use the net. - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : `. `'` proud Debian admin and user `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/1o9eUzgNqloQMwcRAv+xAJ4orZeuK7pLSj+6+hcactWXYqb1qACdHsub uOr/XHjFcw3JlbYwOu9nZAM= =frMS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
