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["it clown" <suse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Do you have stupid mode enabled? Play with the baudrate.

On Sun, 5 Jun 2005 18:21:56 +0100
 Kevanf1 <kevanf1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 05/06/05, Theo v. Werkhoven
> <twe-suse.e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Fri, 03 Jun 2005, by kevanf1@xxxxxxxxx:
> > 
> > > On 02/06/05, Joe Zien <jozien@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > I finally got 9.3 Pro installed and am very
> impressed.
> > > > Only problem is I can't establish a dial-up
> connection
> > > > with kinternet
> > > > When I first installed, yast did not setup my
> modem.
> > > > After installation, I tried to setup connection
> with yast.
> > > > The kinternet icon is in the bottom tray and when I
> click,
> > > > the modem starts dialing and I hear the modem
> working,
> > > > all the proper led's are lit and the modem dies. I
> have an external
> > > > modem on port tty0, com port 1.
> > > > This modem works great on my libranet 2.8.1 system.
> > > > Any help would be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > jozien
> > > >
> > >
> > > Check in the /etc folder(directory) that you have a
> file called
> > > resolve.conf  There does not have to be anything in
> it just that it is
> > > there.  Do not confuse it with the resolvconf file
> (note the absence
> > > of the full stop).  If the file is not there just
> create it as a text
> > > file.  This has worked for me in the past both with
> SuSE and with
> > > Kubuntu both using KDE (kinternet, kppp).
> > 
> > In the 10 years I've been workong with Linux i've never
> come across
> > a distro that wants an empty file named
> /etc/resolve.conf.
> > /etc/resolv.conf otoh (notice the absence of the 2nd
> 'e') is
> > mandatory of you want to use nameserver(s).
> > It is useless to leave it empty though, read up on
> > 'man 5 resolver' if you want to know what is expected
> in that
> > file.
> > How this would have anything to do with a
> non-responsive modem is
> > beyond me btw., but maybe your xtal ball has more
> powerful magic
> > than mine (you did get an official licence for that did
> you?)
> > 
> > Theo
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> 
> Well, all I have done is posted up what helped me.  I do
> not have a
> clue how it worked but it did.  All I was getting was an
> error message
> saying something about not being able to find (or
> possibly access) the
> etc/resolve.conf (I may have added the 'e' in error).  So
> I went into
> the etc folder and simply added it.  My dial up
> connection then
> worked.  I'm pretty sure I have seen exactly the same
> happen in
> Mandrake.
> 
> Perhaps I am just very lucky?
> 
> -- 
> Take care.
> Kevan Farmer
> 
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