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

wvdial connects, but then ppp gets launched and crashes

2001-01-14 Thread DTi4565459
First, thanks to many who have tried to help me with multiple newbie problems. I appreciate. Now trying to connect to modem pool of my university ISP. wvdial connects, but then says "Hu Prompt detected" and launches ppp, and then ppp hangs, and starts trying all over again. I found wv