Re: wvdial and US Robotics 33.6k ext modem

2005-08-06 Thread michael
Sergio Basurto Juarez wrote: --- michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Original Message apols for sending only to Sebestian before. M. -- Anybody out there succes

Re: wvdial and US Robotics 33.6k ext modem

2005-08-06 Thread Sergio Basurto Juarez
--- michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Original Message > > apols for sending only to Sebestian before. M. > -- > > >> > > > Anybody out there successfully used a US

Re: wvdial and US Robotics 33.6k ext modem

2005-08-05 Thread michael
Original Message apols for sending only to Sebestian before. M. -- >> > > > Anybody out there successfully used a US >> > Robotics >> > > > 33.6k Sportster voice >> > >

Re: wvdial and US Robotics 33.6k ext modem

2005-08-05 Thread j Mak
--- michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anybody out there successfully used a US Robotics > 33.6k Sportster voice > fax-modem with wvdial? If so can you send me your > wvdial.conf (the AT > codes part) since my (auto-setup) of the > configuration hangs when it > dials with 'waiting for carrier'

Re: wvdial and US Robotics 33.6k ext modem

2005-08-05 Thread Sergio Basurto Juarez
--- Sergio Basurto Juarez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 07:56 -0700, Sergio Basurto > > Juarez wrote: > > > > > > --- michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Anybody out there successfully used a US > > Rob

Re: wvdial and US Robotics 33.6k ext modem

2005-08-05 Thread Sergio Basurto Juarez
--- michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 07:56 -0700, Sergio Basurto > Juarez wrote: > > > > --- michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > Anybody out there successfully used a US > Robotics > > > 33.6k Sportster voice > > > fax-modem with wvdial? If so can you send

Re: wvdial and US Robotics 33.6k ext modem

2005-08-05 Thread michael
On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 07:56 -0700, Sergio Basurto Juarez wrote: > > --- michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Anybody out there successfully used a US Robotics > > 33.6k Sportster voice > > fax-modem with wvdial? If so can you send me your > > wvdial.conf (the AT > > codes part) since my (auto

Re: wvdial and US Robotics 33.6k ext modem

2005-08-05 Thread Sergio Basurto Juarez
--- michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anybody out there successfully used a US Robotics > 33.6k Sportster voice > fax-modem with wvdial? If so can you send me your > wvdial.conf (the AT > codes part) since my (auto-setup) of the > configuration hangs when it > dials with 'waiting for carrier'

Re: Wvdial, Pon Broke On Sarge-Stable, Only Pon works On Woody-Done Everthing I Know-Need Help

2005-06-26 Thread Debian User Leonard Chatagnier
Marty wrote: Debian User Leonard Chatagnier wrote: Hi Marty, Took out init3=ATDT, logged out KDE and back in and still getting same wvdial error message, ie., no dialer defaults. This doesn't seem to appear in Bug #276020, so it looks like a different problem. So, shut down and reboote

Re: Wvdial, Pon Broke On Sarge-Stable, Only Pon works On Woody-Done Everthing I Know-Need Help

2005-06-26 Thread Marty
Debian User Leonard Chatagnier wrote: Hi Marty, Took out init3=ATDT, logged out KDE and back in and still getting same wvdial error message, ie., no dialer defaults. This doesn't seem to appear in Bug #276020, so it looks like a different problem. So, shut down and rebooted and runing wvd

[Fwd: Re: Wvdial, Pon Broke On Sarge-Stable, Only Pon works On Woody-Done Everthing I Know-Need Help]

2005-06-26 Thread Debian User Leonard Chatagnier
--- Begin Message --- Marty wrote: Debian User Leonard Chatagnier wrote: Discovered wvdial and pon not working after finally getting the 2.4.27-2-386 KI to boot. Ran wvdialconf and pppconfig which didn't change anything. Chmod a+rwx on all wvdial and wvdial.conf files. Some Debians may s

Re: Wvdial, Pon Broke On Sarge-Stable, Only Pon works On Woody-Done Everthing I Know-Need Help

2005-06-26 Thread Marty
Debian User Leonard Chatagnier wrote: Discovered wvdial and pon not working after finally getting the 2.4.27-2-386 KI to boot. Ran wvdialconf and pppconfig which didn't change anything. Chmod a+rwx on all wvdial and wvdial.conf files. Some Debians may say that's not the way, but I don't want

Re: wvdial doesn't seem to use login strings

2004-10-02 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Eric Dickner: > > "wvdial" seems to be doing the wrong thing; instead > [snip] > Am I doing something wrong? Or is there another > dialer program? I never liked wvdial myself, but there's not really anything wrong with it. Instead, you can fiddle with /etc/chatscripts and /etc/p

Re: Wvdial cant surf the web

2004-08-25 Thread geekboy
Carl Fink wrote: On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 12:49:49PM +1200, geekboy wrote: I have adapted my resolv.conf, and even without it pppd does automagically (as you said earlier) add the nameservers anyways. still can't surf, can't even ping the name servers I listed. and yes they do exist. Can y

Re: Wvdial cant surf the web

2004-08-24 Thread Thomas Adam
On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 02:00:23AM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > to the /vmlinuz line of lilo.conf or /boot/grub/menu.list, depending on your ^ menu.lst -- Thomas Adam -- Quis custodiet ipsos

Re: Wvdial cant surf the web

2004-08-24 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 12:49:49PM +1200, geekboy wrote: > I have adapted my resolv.conf, and even without it pppd does > automagically (as you said earlier) add the nameservers anyways. > still can't surf, can't even ping the name servers I listed. and yes > they do exist. Can you ping a known

Re: Wvdial cant surf the web

2004-08-24 Thread Thomas Adam
On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 12:49:49PM +1200, geekboy wrote: > just have to figure out how to compile a kernel to remove frame buffer > so I have an x console with the nvidia drivers. goshh You can usually do this by adding: video=vga16:off to the /vmlinuz line of lilo.conf or /boot/grub/menu.list,

Re: Wvdial cant surf the web

2004-08-24 Thread Thomas Adam
On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 12:32:26PM +1200, geekboy wrote: > Thats the same problem I am having (thread: ppp problem) > I have adapted my resolv.conf, and even without it pppd does > automagically (as you said earlier) add the nameservers anyways. > still can't surf, can't even ping the name servers

Re: Wvdial cant surf the web

2004-08-24 Thread geekboy
Thomas Adam wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 05:11:09PM -0500, Johnny wrote: Thomas I did look at /etc/ppp/resolv.conf there is know resolv.conf in that folder what do i need to do to make it. In that case, create (if it doesn't aleady exist), the file "/etc/resolv.conf" and add to it: names

Re: Wvdial cant surf the web

2004-08-24 Thread Thomas Adam
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 05:11:09PM -0500, Johnny wrote: > Thomas > I did look at /etc/ppp/resolv.conf there is know resolv.conf in that > folder what do i need to do to make it. In that case, create (if it doesn't aleady exist), the file "/etc/resolv.conf" and add to it: nameserver As to the I

Re: Wvdial cant surf the web

2004-08-24 Thread Johnny
Thomas Adam wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 04:17:54PM -0500, Johnny wrote: Hi I have just installed Debian 3.0r2 i386. The wvdial connects and but wont let me surf the internet. What do i need do to fix the problem Check /etc/ppp/resolv.conf is created with adequate nameserver IPs in them.

Re: Wvdial cant surf the web

2004-08-24 Thread Thomas Adam
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 04:37:01PM -0500, Johnny wrote: > Resend whatever you sent in plain text, please. HTML e-mails are evil. -- Thomas Adam -- "Frankly, Mr. Shankly, since you ask. You are a flatulent pain in the arse." -- Morrissey. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Wvdial cant surf the web

2004-08-24 Thread Johnny
Thomas Adam wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 04:17:54PM -0500, Johnny wrote: Hi I have just installed Debian 3.0r2 i386. The wvdial connects and but wont let me surf the internet. What do i need do to fix the problem Check /etc/ppp/resolv.conf is created with adequate nam

Re: Wvdial cant surf the web

2004-08-24 Thread Thomas Adam
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 04:17:54PM -0500, Johnny wrote: > Hi > I have just installed Debian 3.0r2 i386. The wvdial connects and but > wont let me surf the internet. What do i need do to fix the problem Check /etc/ppp/resolv.conf is created with adequate nameserver IPs in them. -- Thomas Adam --

Re: wvdial connects but no internet and KPPP dies

2004-06-10 Thread CW Harris
Okay, been a while since I used ppp, but I'll give it a try... On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 07:28:39AM -0700, Jason Kretzer wrote: > Here is the output from the commandline when I run > KPPP from a shell as root. > > ~# kppp > Opener: received SetSecret > Opener: received SetSecret > Opener: received

Re: wvdial connects but no internet and KPPP dies

2004-06-09 Thread Jason Kretzer
Here is the output from the commandline when I run KPPP from a shell as root. ~# kppp Opener: received SetSecret Opener: received SetSecret Opener: received OpenLock Opener: received OpenDevice Opener: received ExecPPPDaemon In parent: pppd pid 19457 Couldn't find interface ppp0: No such device K

Re: wvdial connects but no internet and KPPP dies

2004-06-08 Thread Jacob S.
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 19:13:40 -0700 (PDT) Jason Kretzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, I tried KPPP. I configured it with everything it > needs and it connects for a split second before pppd > dies. I can give more details is necessary. > > Anyone have any other pointers? Kppp should give an

kppp [was Re: Wvdial and mysterious /dev/ttyS0 permission change]

2003-12-09 Thread csj
On 8. December 2003 at 7:17PM +0100, Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > csj (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > On 7. December 2003 at 10:52PM +0100, > > Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> You can of course use predefined connections with pon/poff if > >> you are in the

Re: Wvdial and mysterious /dev/ttyS0 permission change

2003-12-08 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello csj (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On 7. December 2003 at 10:52PM +0100, > Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> You can of course use predefined connections with pon/poff if >> you are in the dip group, and you can create your own ones for >> use with kppp /without/ kppp being s

Re: Wvdial and mysterious /dev/ttyS0 permission change

2003-12-08 Thread Alexander Fitterling
Am Sonntag, 7. Dezember 2003 22:33 schrieb csj: > I've always wondered why it should require root-level access (or > its equivalent in the case of kppp) to set even the "safer" > config options in ppp and friends, e.g. the dialup number and > login password. Couldn't there be a ppp group so that

Re: Wvdial and mysterious /dev/ttyS0 permission change

2003-12-08 Thread csj
On 7. December 2003 at 10:52PM +0100, Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > csj (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > On 7. December 2003 at 1:32PM -0500, > > Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > > [...] > > > >>> I hardly think it necessary to i

Re: Wvdial and mysterious /dev/ttyS0 permission change

2003-12-07 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello csj (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On 7. December 2003 at 1:32PM -0500, > Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > [...] > >>> I hardly think it necessary to install the Mega-size KDE libs >>> to use kppp, but what is the reason pon/poff won't do? >>> Al

Re: Wvdial and mysterious /dev/ttyS0 permission change

2003-12-07 Thread csj
On 7. December 2003 at 1:32PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: [...] > > I hardly think it necessary to install the Mega-size KDE libs > > to use kppp, but what is the reason pon/poff won't do? > > Although admittedly that is no solution to your problem

Re: Wvdial and mysterious /dev/ttyS0 permission change

2003-12-07 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Alexander Fitterling wrote: Everyone. Debian has some setting like this for my modem device crw-rw1 root dialout4, 64 7. Jan 2002 /dev/ttyS0 I added all necessary users to group "dialout" at least to have them access our modem. But when some users sta

Re: Wvdial and mysterious /dev/ttyS0 permission change

2003-12-07 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Alexander Fitterling wrote: Everyone. Debian has some setting like this for my modem device crw-rw1 root dialout4, 64 7. Jan 2002 /dev/ttyS0 I added all necessary users to group "dialout" at least to have them access our modem. But when some users start wvdial and the line b

Re: Wvdial and mysterious /dev/ttyS0 permission change

2003-12-07 Thread Alexander Fitterling
Am Sonntag, 7. Dezember 2003 13:18 schrieb Alexander Fitterling: [...] What actually does go wrong here? If one would use kppp the problem does NOT occur. > > Regards, > Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: wvdial execute error

2003-11-03 Thread Marc Beyer
Hi David, I asked about the same a problem a few hours earlier. Afterwards I found out that apparently it's a bug which has already been reported as Debian bug no. 218403 ( http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=218403&repeatmerged=no ) I unfortunately don't have access to the machi

Re: wvdial problem

2003-07-11 Thread ajlewis2
In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > Hi list, > > I have used wvdial to access my work dial-up for > several years with no problems. I am now trying to > connect via an alternative dial-up account (new job), > using exactly same wvdial parameters, apart from the > phone number, username and password

Re: wvdial problem

2003-07-11 Thread Bijan Soleymani
--x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 08:33:46PM +0100, Naomi Ridge wrote: > Hi list, >=20 > I have used wvdial to access my work dial-up for > several years with no problems. I

Re: wvdial permissions modem device

2003-03-08 Thread Jeff
matt zagrabelny, 2003-Mar-07 09:16 -0600: > i am currently stopping wvdial with: > > killall wvdial > > sometimes the permissions to /dev/modem (/dev/ttyS0) > which are usually "root dialout -rw-rw" > do not get reset to this. > > i know that when pppd is running that it removes > group "rw"

Re: wvdial & routing

2002-01-27 Thread Joachim Fahnenmueller
On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 12:06:24PM -0800, CogSci-Klaus wrote: > Two problems: > > 1) Still struggling with my internet connection when I'm not root. As user, > wvdial compains about pemission denied for /dev/ttyS0. After every reboot the > change of permission is reversed again. How can I make it

Re: wvdial & routing

2002-01-26 Thread ben
On Saturday 26 January 2002 07:55 pm, Adam Majer wrote: > Maybe try: > > cd /etc/init.d > grep dev/ttyS * > > what do you get? [I get nothing] of course you get nothing. what is it that you were trying to achieve?

Re: wvdial & routing

2002-01-26 Thread Adam Majer
On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 05:00:56PM -0800, CogSci-Klaus wrote: > Adam Majer wrote: > > >On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 12:06:24PM -0800, CogSci-Klaus wrote: > > > >>Two problems: > >> > >>1) Still struggling with my internet connection when I'm not root. As > >>user, > >>wvdial compains about pemission d

Re: wvdial & routing

2002-01-26 Thread CogSci-Klaus
Adam Majer wrote: On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 12:06:24PM -0800, CogSci-Klaus wrote: Two problems: 1) Still struggling with my internet connection when I'm not root. As user, wvdial compains about pemission denied for /dev/ttyS0. After every reboot the change of permission is reversed again. How c

Re: wvdial & routing

2002-01-26 Thread Adam Majer
On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 12:06:24PM -0800, CogSci-Klaus wrote: > Two problems: > > 1) Still struggling with my internet connection when I'm not root. As user, > wvdial compains about pemission denied for /dev/ttyS0. After every reboot the > change of permission is reversed again. How can I make it

Re: wvdial problems being recognized

2001-11-09 Thread Hamma Scott
I read the README and they didn't mention anything about that. I'm guessing that's on the man page and I missed it? Maybe it should be RTFMT (RTFM thoroughly) for me. Thanks for the quick turn around on this. Scott --- ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > have you set up /etc/resolv.conf to list a sea

Re: wvdial problems being recognized

2001-11-08 Thread ben
have you set up /etc/resolv.conf to list a search domain and nameservers? Hamma Scott wrote: > > Hello, > > Due to circumstances beyond my control, I needed to > reinstall my system. I'm starting with a 2.2r3 version > of potato on installation CD's. I tried to setup > wvdial. I was able to get

re: wvdial: pppd connects, but telnet doesn't work

2001-08-13 Thread DTi4565459
First of all, thanks to several debian-users who tried to help me yesterday with this problem. Sadder but wiser, I was reading mail with an unfamiliar reader, and I managed to delete most of the e-mails. So, my first question today is HOWTO find the debian-user archives. I did read Sebastian'

Re: wvdial: pppd connects to ISP -- Now what?

2001-08-12 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 12:55:07PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Working on laptop install (Fuji) from console. Installed minimal debian from > floppies. wvdial finds modem and connects via pppd. My problem: how to > enter commands. The console has no prompts. If I migrate to another >

Re: wvdial: pppd connects to ISP -- Now what?

2001-08-12 Thread Sebastiaan
High, On Sun, 12 Aug 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Working on laptop install (Fuji) from console. Installed minimal debian from > floppies. wvdial finds modem and connects via pppd. My problem: how to > enter commands. The console has no prompts. If I migrate to another > console and i

Re: Wvdial - How do you surf without being root?

2001-03-26 Thread David Wright
Quoting Jed Strauss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 07:10:27AM -0500, Barry Mathieu wrote: > > I do get some warning at connection time: > > > > --> PPP negotiation detected. > > --> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied > > --> --> PAP (Password Authenti

Re: Wvdial - How do you surf without being root?

2001-03-23 Thread Jed Strauss
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 07:10:27AM -0500, Barry Mathieu wrote: > Hmmm... I'm a Debian newbie using wvdial as an ordinary user, so I > wonder about the legitimacy of my method. > > I've added my username to the 'dialout' group in '/etc/group'. After you > edit that file, exacute, 'update-passwd'.

Re: Wvdial - How do you surf without being root?

2001-03-23 Thread Barry Mathieu
Hmmm... I'm a Debian newbie using wvdial as an ordinary user, so I wonder about the legitimacy of my method. I've added my username to the 'dialout' group in '/etc/group'. After you edit that file, exacute, 'update-passwd'. Then try wvdial as an ordinary user. I do get some warning at connectio

Re: Wvdial - How do you surf without being root?

2001-03-19 Thread Rich Renomeron
On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Usuario Universo Online wrote: > Wvdial can only be set to be run as root, isn't that right? > If it isn't so, how should you set permission to run it > without being root? I would suggest installing the sudo package. Using sudo, you can allow certain users acces

Re: Wvdial - How do you surf without being root?

2001-03-18 Thread Tomaas Ortega
I use wvdial as root to surf, irc etc etc, ive never had a problem with it. wvdial.conf is set with root permissions. if you have a secure system you shouldnt really have a problem with wvdial. log in as a normal user, su to root and wvdial fromt here, then browse as a regular user. by default debi

Re: wvdial doesn't connect

2001-03-11 Thread Mircea Luca
Neil Booth wrote: > > Henning Otte wrote:- > > > > What kind of modem? Winmodems aren't supported. (In > > > general). > > > > How do I find out, if I've got a winmodem? > > (It's called 'ASKEY 56k Plug&Play Modem', it supports Rockwell K56flex, > > but not V.90) > > Is it internal or external?

Re: wvdial doesn't connect

2001-03-11 Thread Neil Booth
Henning Otte wrote:- > > What kind of modem? Winmodems aren't supported. (In > > general). > > How do I find out, if I've got a winmodem? > (It's called 'ASKEY 56k Plug&Play Modem', it supports Rockwell K56flex, > but not V.90) Is it internal or external? You should have no probs with an exter

Re: wvdial doesn't connect

2001-03-11 Thread Henning Otte
> What kind of modem? Winmodems aren't supported. (In > general). How do I find out, if I've got a winmodem? (It's called 'ASKEY 56k Plug&Play Modem', it supports Rockwell K56flex, but not V.90)

Re: wvdial doesn't connect

2001-03-11 Thread patrick q
What kind of modem? Winmodems aren't supported. (In general). Patrick. --- Henning Otte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi there > > i recently installed debian potato on my pc, > everything works fine BUT > i cannot manage to connect to the internet, so i > still have to use > ms-windows for that

Re: wvdial permissions

2001-03-10 Thread John Hasler
Wade Barocsi writes: > I have been using wvdial without difficulty for weeks. Upon use this > evening, I am getting "permission denied cannot open /dev/ttyS2". Any > Idea on why this has changed? A known bug in wvdial. The port should be group writeable. Just change it back. > wvdial works fin

Re: wvdial/ppp config question

2001-02-27 Thread Lily O'Connor
o swtich to pon/poff later anyways... - Original Message - From: "Robert Cymbala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lily O'Connor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 9:07 PM Subject: Re: wvdial/ppp config question > > Would you con

Re: wvdial/ppp config question

2001-02-25 Thread Robert Cymbala
Would you consider using pon to conntect to your ISP? It can be configured with pppconfig. Then try ``pon &'' (part of the pon/poff/plog trio). --- Lily O'Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm using wvdial to connect to my ISP. It connects and starts pppd, > but > none of my internet apps (ly

Re: wvdial/ppp config question

2001-02-24 Thread admiral thrawn
- Original Message - From: "Lily O'Connor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 4:04 PM Subject: wvdial/ppp config question > I'm using wvdial to connect to my ISP. It connects and starts pppd, but > none of my internet apps (lynx, telnet, fetchmail) can connect to

Re: wvdial/ppp config question

2001-02-24 Thread Mircea Luca
Lily O'Connor wrote: > > I'm using wvdial to connect to my ISP. It connects and starts pppd, but > none of my internet apps (lynx, telnet, fetchmail) can connect to any host. > I think wvdial or pppd isn't setting finding the DNS correctly... > > Any help would be much appreciated!!! > > -- > T

Re: wvdial/ppp config question

2001-02-24 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, check /etc/resolv.conf. There should be lines like: nameserver 1.2.3.4 nameserver 1.2.3.5 Greetz, Sebastiaan On Sat, 24 Feb 2001, Lily O'Connor wrote: > I'm using wvdial to connect to my ISP. It connects and starts pppd, but > none of my internet apps (lynx, telnet, fetchmail) can connect

Re: wvdial connects, but then ppp gets launched and crashes

2001-01-17 Thread Joerg Johannes
Well, if wvdial dials, and detects a promt, and sends "ppp", I'm pretty sure that the man has got the permission to dial out... no need to check all these things. In fact, I have no idea how to help here, because I have the same problem :-( So, any other suggestions? joerg Bart van Dommelen schri

Re: wvdial connects, but then ppp gets launched and crashes

2001-01-16 Thread Bart van Dommelen
Hi, You should check if you are a member of the group dip. If not, make it so. You could always, as suggested, make a connection using pppconfig. But watch out, if you can make a connection using pppconfig you not ready. Check out the advanced options of pppconfig, there you will find which u

Re: wvdial connects, but then ppp gets launched and crashes

2001-01-15 Thread Jeffrey Nowakowski
Have you tried "apt-get install minicom"? You also might want to try running pppconfig instead of wvdial. This isn't expert advice, just something else to try. -Jeff > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:27:21 EST > > First, thanks to many who have tried to help me with multipl

re: wvdial hangs off to pppd..... How to stop that??

2001-01-07 Thread Kenneth F. Ryder III
I had similar problems with that 8bit problem with my deb 2.1 with diald... I fixed it with /ppp/options, the setting crtscts, or xonxoff I believe.. try settings these on/off see what it gives you... I'm sorry I cant remember more about it. (if I remember correctly its like local echo, if you h

re: wvdial hangs off to pppd..... How to stop that??

2001-01-07 Thread DTi4565459
I've got my PCMCIA modem dialing now. In DOS,with the old win31 terminal program, I can dial up my university ISP, and connect to a login prompt. Under Linux, when I dial in with wvdial, the login prompt screen flashes by without giving me time to enter text. The pppd takes over and starts dia

Re: wvdial

2000-11-16 Thread John Hasler
I wrote: > What version of ppp? There was a bug that did this [messed up serial > port permissions], but I don't remember what version it was fixed in. Bruce F. writes: > pppd version 2.3.11 I'll look into it if I can find the time. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse H

Re: wvdial

2000-11-16 Thread J. Bruce Fields
> Bruce F. writes: > > It seems to forget to set the permissions back maybe about a third of the > > time. > > Just with wvdial or with pon as well? I believe it happens with both. pon/poff continue to work, regardless. > What version of ppp? There was a > bug that did this, but I don't rememb

Re: wvdial

2000-11-16 Thread Neil Darlow
Marcelo, Just add yourself to group "dialout". Regards, Neil Darlow. -- 1024D/531F9048 1999-09-11 Neil Darlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Key fingerprint = 359D B8FF 6273 6C32 BEAA 43F9 E579 E24A 531F 9048 On 11/16/00, 6:53:26 PM, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > I am running a fresh debian machine as a

Re: wvdial

2000-11-16 Thread John Hasler
Bruce F. writes: > It seems to forget to set the permissions back maybe about a third of the > time. Just with wvdial or with pon as well? What version of ppp? There was a bug that did this, but I don't remember what version it was fixed in. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancin

Re: wvdial

2000-11-16 Thread J. Bruce Fields
On 16 Nov 2000, John Hasler wrote: > Bruce F. writes: > > However, I've found that pppd, for some reason, occasionally changes the > > permissions of the modem device to crw-r,... > > It always does that, for security. If it exits normally it changes the > permissions back. It seems to fo

Re: wvdial

2000-11-16 Thread John Hasler
Bruce F. writes: > However, I've found that pppd, for some reason, occasionally changes the > permissions of the modem device to crw-r,... It always does that, for security. If it exits normally it changes the permissions back. > So I've switched to using pon and poff, and I've since had no

Re: wvdial

2000-11-16 Thread J. Bruce Fields
On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > I am running a fresh debian machine as a single user. When I try to > connect to my ISP through wvdial or pon from my personal account I get a > message complaining that I have no privilege to do the operation, I should > be root to do it. I don't

Re: wvdial

2000-11-16 Thread Robert Guthrie
On Thursday 16 November 2000 12:53, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > connection. How should I define the right privileges in order to run > wvdial or pon from my personal account? > Thanks in advance! Add your personal account to the "dip" group. adduser youraccount dip -- Did you know that if yo

Re: Wvdial & pppd

2000-11-12 Thread Clayton Stapleton
Thanks to all how replied to my query. Have changed to pppconf to set up my dial-up connection. Added myself to the dip and audio groups so that as the user I can enter pon and get a dial tone but that is all, turn it off with poff. The problem now is in /etc/ppp/peers/provider which askes for a de

Re: Wvdial & pppd

2000-11-09 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 10:48:37PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Eric G . Miller writes: > > Try using pppconfig (as root) to configure ppp, adding your normal user > > to the allowed users (i.e. `adduser dip` ). > > You can do that in pppconfig. Go to 'Advanced Options' and select > 'Add-User'.

Re: Wvdial & pppd

2000-11-09 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 06:20:39AM +0100, Marco Presi wrote: > Hello :) > > Just A question: I always used wvdial with no problem, but I noted that > many people (not only in this ml) depreciate it. Why? Security? It's less flexible from a normal-user standpoint. I haven't used it for some time,

Re: Wvdial & pppd

2000-11-08 Thread Marco Presi
Hello :) Just A question: I always used wvdial with no problem, but I noted that many people (not only in this ml) depreciate it. Why? Security? On 8 Nov 2000, John Hasler wrote: > Eric G . Miller writes: > > Try using pppconfig (as root) to configure ppp, adding your normal user > > to the allo

Re: Wvdial & pppd

2000-11-08 Thread John Hasler
Eric G . Miller writes: > Try using pppconfig (as root) to configure ppp, adding your normal user > to the allowed users (i.e. `adduser dip` ). You can do that in pppconfig. Go to 'Advanced Options' and select 'Add-User'. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin

Re: Wvdial & pppd

2000-11-08 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 06:42:36PM -0700, Clayton Stapleton wrote: > Hi Folks; > Have read all the manual on this that I could find and > looked at the archives on Debian.org with no luck. > So here goes! Haves set up wvdial with all the info as > requested. Can get wvdial to contact my ISP and the

Re: wvdial or ppp

2000-10-09 Thread John Hasler
Rino Mardo writes: > i found that /etc/ppp contents fubars wvdial so what i do is empty > /etc/ppp... I hope you meant to write /etc/ppp/options. > debian is different in most respect... Yes. Debian tends to follow standards and not change upstream configurations. Debian's /etc/ppp/options is

Re: wvdial or ppp

2000-10-09 Thread Rino Mardo
is spewing out different login prompts like mine :-< --- who watches the watchmen? - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rino Mardo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 4:50 PM Subject: Re

Re: wvdial or ppp

2000-10-09 Thread romeu
Mardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]Para: debian-user@lists.debian.org x.net> cc: Assunto: Re: wvdial or ppp

Re: wvdial or ppp

2000-10-09 Thread Rino Mardo
i found that /etc/ppp contents fubars wvdial so what i do is empty /etc/ppp and just run "wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf" to set it up. debian is different in most respect specially when it comes to /usr/local so don't expect that what you know in redhat will work 100% in debian. well, between distr

Re: wvdial or ppp

2000-10-08 Thread John Hasler
Francois Fayard writes: > Don't forget to subscribe the user for dialout and dip groups. The user need not be in the dialout group and pppconfig can put him in the dip group. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin

Re: wvdial or ppp

2000-10-08 Thread Francois Fayard
On Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 06:36:32PM +0200, Marc Maute wrote: > hi, > I must ask again. > OK step by step: > 1.I installed Debian. > 2.I configurate wvdial > with my old redhat etc/wvdial.conf > 3. I start wvdial > 4. It connected, (on redhat erverything works well) > On Debian nothing happend. It i

Re: wvdial / kppp

2000-10-08 Thread Glyn Millington
On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 12:57:36PM -0400, thus spake Christopher W. Aiken: > Has anybody been able to get connected to WorldShare > using wvdial? It can be done with kppp but I would > prefer to use wvdial. Have you tried? What happened? What error messages did you get? Jave you configured wvdi

Re: wvdial

2000-09-01 Thread John Hasler
Rubbish5 writes: > I linked ttyS14 to my /dev/modem (or maybe the other way around, either > way I did it out of a book, so I know it's right :-) The book is wrong. Use the ttyS* device directly. Don't use the traditional /dev/modem link (that doesn't account for your problem, though). Where is

Re: wvdial problem

2000-09-01 Thread John Anderson
All you have to do to shut Wvdial off correctly is press the interrupt key (Ctrl + C) in the virtual terminal Wvdial is running in.~ John Kerr Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 On Fri, 1 Sep 2

Re: wvdial

2000-08-24 Thread John Hasler
Michael Tanney writes: > If so how do I get pppd to work alongside pppd so that it will let the > ISP set my ip ? I have no idea what you mean by "get pppd to work alongside pppd". > actually i'd be happy just being able to connect to the internet in some > way, the same thing happens when I use

Re: wvdial dials; kppp doesn't. Why???

2000-05-30 Thread John Pearson
On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 08:45:19AM -0400, Chris Joyner wrote > Thanks, Jens, I have tried that, but I'm pretty sure my ISP uses PAP. Here > is the ouptput to xconsole from KDE. (I finally figured out how to get it.) > Any clues here? > > May 29 08:28:39 probe pppd[270]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 >

Re: wvdial dials; kppp doesn't. Why???

2000-05-29 Thread Daniel Reuter
Hello Chris, On Sun, 28 May 2000, Chris Joyner wrote: > I can use wvdial from a console (but only as root! BTW, how > do I get to use wvdial as another user?) You have to add the users which shall be allowed to connect via ppp to the dip group (e.g. with: adduser username dip). Regards, Daniel

Re: wvdial dials; kppp doesn't. Why???

2000-05-29 Thread Jens Luedicke
> May 29 08:28:39 probe pppd[270]: No CHAP secret found for authenticating > HiPer > May 29 08:28:39 probe pppd[270]: sent [CHAP Failure id=0x1 "I don't like > you. Go 'way."] > May 29 08:28:39 probe pppd[270]: sent [LCP TermReq id=0x2 "Authentication > failed"] CHAP doesn't work. Hmm Do you

Re: wvdial dials; kppp doesn't. Why???

2000-05-29 Thread Chris Joyner
Thanks, Jens, I have tried that, but I'm pretty sure my ISP uses PAP. Here is the ouptput to xconsole from KDE. (I finally figured out how to get it.) Any clues here? May 29 08:28:39 probe pppd[270]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ] May 29 08:28:39 probe pppd[270]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 ] May

Re: wvdial dials; kppp doesn't. Why???

2000-05-29 Thread Jens Luedicke
try in kppp the CHAP or an script-based authentication method. ---Reply to mail from Chris Joyner about wvdial dials; kppp doesn't. Why??? > Dear friends, > > I have tinkered and tinkered but still can't make kppp work from KDE to > dial my modem. I can use wvdial from a console (but only a

Re: wvdial dials; kppp doesn't. Why???

2000-05-29 Thread Chris Joyner
I made a little headway here, I got kppp to go through (as root) but it died quickly. I'll look for some info on CHAP, I guess, eh? (I'm embarrassed to say that I had misidentified the serial port, I had it as /dev/ttys0 . . . oops! But there must be at least another problem!) May 29 00:41:06 pro

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