Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2358 mails)

[alex@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Alex Angerhofer)]

In reply to zentara's letter who wrote on 29 Oct:
> Hi,
> I've been using wvdial for over a few years without problem.
> I recently went thru the problem of needing to add members
> of the dialout group to the uucp group, in order to get modem access.
> 
> I still have one small problem. Most of the time, when I try
> to start wvdial it gives me a warning that "modem not responding";
> then I turn the external modem off-on , and VOILA the modem works
> fine until I turn the machine off. This repeats itself the next time
> I turn on the machine.
> 
> Minicom does not seem to have this problem. 
> Why is wvdial so fussy about the modem initialization?
> 
> Any pointers would be appreciated.
> 

I get exactly the same problem, however, not all the time. It seems
like it occurs after wvdial is not shut off properly, either by having
the ISP drop the line and me shutting wvdial off while it is redialing,
or if I use minicom before, and don't terminate that session correctly.

I am also curious about the reasons for this behavior.

Cheers,


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