Message-ID: <3A2DE496.7374B560@gte.net> Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 23:02:46 -0800 From: emanon <charles.randle@gte.net> Subject: Re: [SLE] Wvdial quirk jonathon- thanks for the suggestion. that's the first thing i tried several days ago. on my v6.3 toaster that died a few weeks ago in a severe wind storm, i used kppp. when i switched the dial-up services over to my 6.4 box which was functioning just as a file server, i tried to implement wvdial and dod. i've researched the suse db but nothing so far has worked. i'm beginning to suspect my modem, a 56kb/call-waiting type of dubious pedigree. it did actually work once and only once as described below. thanks- larry <p><p>Jonathan Drews wrote:
You might want to look at this URL in the suse data base:
http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/hoe_wvdod64.html
Here is a synopsis:
------------------------------------------------------ After using the automatic modem detection the dial on demand for modems and ISDN-terminaladapters with wvdial.dod doesn't work.
In the file /var/log/messages you can find lines like this Apr 12 17:36:39 Erde /usr/sbin/rcwvdial.dod[4334]: starting pppd 192.168.99.1:192.168.99.99 /dev/ttyS4 Analog Modem 115200 modem crtscts defaultroute -detach user suse ipcp-accept-local
ipcp-accept-remote usepeerdns
call wvdial demand idle 180 connect "/usr/bin/wvdial^I--chat "... PID=4368
Launching the command ps ax | grep pppd shows that the pppd daemon is not running.
Cause:
The file /etc/wvdial.conf can contain more than one entry for the keyword Modem. This cannot be resolved correctly by the wvdial.dod script. -----------------------------------------------
There are other tips for wvdial in the Support Data base. I had Wvdial working in SuSE 6.4 and it was grand. I can't remember which article from the support data base I used but the solution is there.
Hope this helps
Jonathan