[SuSE Linux] WvDial for SuSE Linux

grimmer＠suse.de

11 Dec 1998 11 Dec '98

13:00

Hi, we are currently working on integrating WvDial in our distribution. We would like to get some feedback about the package, so we've decided to put it on our ftp-Server, where it should appear RSN: <A HREF="ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse_update/special/wvdial-libc5.rpm"><A HREF="ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse_update/special/wvdial-libc5.rpm</A">ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse_update/special/wvdial-libc5.rpm There's also a glibc-Version (wvdial-glibc.rpm). Please send comments and reports to feedback@suse.de. Here comes the README: WvDialer is a powerful PPP dialer which supports many complicated login procedures automagically (via menu guessing and some kind of internal logic). Steps to install and us WvDial on SuSE Linux 1. Install wvdial (you have probably already done that ;) Make sure that the packages ppp(Series n) and tix(Series tcl) are also installed. 2. as user root call wvdialconf. This will autodetect your modem port and maximum port speed. It defaults to save 57600 YoMama # wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf Scanning your serial ports for a modem. ttyS0<*1>: AT -- AT -- AT -- nothing. [...] If should find a modem on one of your ports. 3. Install a default /etc/ppp/options, it should contain just the lines lock debug You can easily create it manually using the following commands: YoMama # cat >/etc/ppp/options lock debug YoMama # 4. Start the X-Windows system (if it is not already running) 5. as user root execute wvdial.tcl YoMama # wvdial.tcl & This will start our GUI frontend to WvDial. The dialog should be almost self explaining. 6. Start dialing using the <Test> Button 7. A Window opens and WvDial should start running Have fun! PS: all this will soon be much more comfortable, we just felt that a quick release would be a major benefit for many of our customers. If something goes wrong (i.e.: you cannot connect to your provider) feel free to send feedback to us: feedback@suse.de . That's _feedback_, not support :) Be sure to include the login session log in your mail, which you can redirect to a file using the command: YoMama # wvdial >/tmp/wvdial.debug 2>&1 Just wait long enough for your modem to complete dialing and then Interrupt wvdial using . Attach /tmp/wvdial.debug to your mail and send it to feedback@suse.de. We then have the opportunity to check what's wrong and fix it for the next release. Bye, LenZ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH <A HREF="mailto:grimmer@suse.de">mailto:grimmer@suse.de</A> Schanzaeckerstr. 10 <A HREF="http://www.suse.de/~grimmer"><A HREF="http://www.suse.de/~grimmer</A">http://www.suse.de/~grimmer 90443 Nuernberg, Germany - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html

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stevep＠bash.linux-shell.net

11 Dec 11 Dec

18:22

On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, Lenz Grimmer wrote:

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Hi,

we are currently working on integrating WvDial in our distribution. We would like to get some feedback about the package, so we've decided to put it on our ftp-Server, where it should appear RSN:

[ ... ]

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This will start our GUI frontend to WvDial. The dialog should be almost self explaining.

GUI frontend? I may be be missing something here... You only have to edit one file, /etc/wvdial.conf. Why a frontend to enter name passwd, phone#? :-) Aside from this minor question, Congrats to SuSE for (evidently) reading all the chat on this list about WvDial. [ ... ] Steve. Happy SuSE user. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html

karcher＠idworld.net

12 Dec 12 Dec

00:47

Although I now use Kppp for my dialer, I had my first success at logging onto the net with wvdial. It worked the first time I tried it. I am happy to see the powers that be at SuSE listen. I think this will be a great addition to your next distribution, especially for the new Linux users who always seem to have such a tough time getting pppd to work. On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, you wrote:

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Hi,

we are currently working on integrating WvDial in our distribution. We would like to get some feedback about the package, so we've decided to put it on our ftp-Server, where it should appear RSN:

<A HREF="ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse_update/special/wvdial-libc5.rpm"><A HREF="ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse_update/special/wvdial-libc5.rpm</A">ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse_update/special/wvdial-libc5.rpm

There's also a glibc-Version (wvdial-glibc.rpm).

Please send comments and reports to feedback@suse.de.

Here comes the README:

WvDialer is a powerful PPP dialer which supports many complicated login procedures automagically (via menu guessing and some kind of internal logic).

Steps to install and us WvDial on SuSE Linux

1. Install wvdial (you have probably already done that ;) Make sure that the packages ppp(Series n) and tix(Series tcl) are also installed.

2. as user root call wvdialconf. This will autodetect your modem port and maximum port speed. It defaults to save 57600

YoMama # wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf Scanning your serial ports for a modem.

ttyS0<*1>: AT -- AT -- AT -- nothing. [...]

If should find a modem on one of your ports.

3. Install a default /etc/ppp/options, it should contain just the lines

lock debug

You can easily create it manually using the following commands:

YoMama # cat >/etc/ppp/options lock debug YoMama #

4. Start the X-Windows system (if it is not already running) 5. as user root execute wvdial.tcl

YoMama # wvdial.tcl &

This will start our GUI frontend to WvDial. The dialog should be almost self explaining.

6. Start dialing using the <Test> Button 7. A Window opens and WvDial should start running

Have fun!

PS: all this will soon be much more comfortable, we just felt that a quick release would be a major benefit for many of our customers.

If something goes wrong (i.e.: you cannot connect to your provider) feel free to send feedback to us: feedback@suse.de . That's _feedback_, not support :)

Be sure to include the login session log in your mail, which you can redirect to a file using the command:

YoMama # wvdial >/tmp/wvdial.debug 2>&1

Just wait long enough for your modem to complete dialing and then Interrupt wvdial using . Attach /tmp/wvdial.debug to your mail and send it to feedback@suse.de.

We then have the opportunity to check what's wrong and fix it for the next release.

Bye, LenZ

------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH <A HREF="mailto:grimmer@suse.de">mailto:grimmer@suse.de</A> Schanzaeckerstr. 10 <A HREF="http://www.suse.de/~grimmer"><A HREF="http://www.suse.de/~grimmer</A">http://www.suse.de/~grimmer 90443 Nuernberg, Germany

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hekate＠intergate.bc.ca

03:29

New subject: [SuSE Linux] WvDial for SuSE Linux -good move

On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, Ken Archer wrote:

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Although I now use Kppp for my dialer, I had my first success at logging onto the net with wvdial. It worked the first time I tried it. I am happy to see the powers that be at SuSE listen. I think this will be a great addition to your next distribution, especially for the new Linux users who always seem to have such a tough time getting pppd to work.

Although, I've never really gone through the usual angst re ppp, on Linux or Solaris, I have to applaud the people at S.u.S.E. just for the fact that they stay on top of things and feel the very _pulse_ of what the _customer_ wants. I truly am amazed at how release after release they improve upon , what to me ( despite my little shipping problem on 5.3 which left me very _pissed_ at the time ) seemed like _the_ dist to have back when I first tried. it. I really think one of the things you have to notice the most is the way they LISTEN to what the PEOPLE say they want in a dist, and the way they respond with such thrift. ( It'll also be nice to hopefully see less ppp subject flooding on the list ...for some of us, hearing the same thing 50,000 times, gets a bit old, even though I sympathize with those experiencing problems. ) Hopefully this will kill that old beast, for most users anyway. Now let's cross our fingers and hope Santa puts a pleasant glibc transition phase into the old sack for all of us devoted S.u.S.E.Rs that will behave nicely come the New Year. I, despite some reservations at first ( mostly due to some of the complaints about 5.3--which I, btw, thought was excellent, on _my_ end, anyway ) am feeling extremely optimistic that this will be another tremendous product by S.u.S.E., hopefully with minimal bugs. -M - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html

mgx＠spruce.lsd.ornl.gov

13:07

i must be missing something simple here. i just tried the wvdial rpm and i get this error: theborg:/usr/lib # wvdial wvdial: can't load library 'libstdc++.so.2.9' theborg:/usr/lib # this is one a fairly stock suse 5.3 system. it has this in /usr/lib: theborg:/usr/lib # ls -l libstd* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1192498 Jul 17 1996 libstdc++.a lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Nov 9 10:18 libstdc++.so -> libstdc++.so.27 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Nov 9 10:18 libstdc++.so.27 -> libstdc++.so.27.2.1 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 848548 Jul 17 1996 libstdc++.so.27.2.1 theborg:/usr/lib # -- michael On Fri, Dec 11, Lenz Grimmer wrote:

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Hi,

we are currently working on integrating WvDial in our distribution. We would like to get some feedback about the package, so we've decided to put it on our ftp-Server, where it should appear RSN:

<A HREF="ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse_update/special/wvdial-libc5.rpm"><A HREF="ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse_update/special/wvdial-libc5.rpm</A">ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse_update/special/wvdial-libc5.rpm

There's also a glibc-Version (wvdial-glibc.rpm).

Please send comments and reports to feedback@suse.de.

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peteshaw＠patriot.net

13 Dec 13 Dec

02:00

New subject: [SuSE Linux] PPP Setup dilemma, wvdial, Kppp, more questions, Pls Help (long)

Hello All, My name is Pete, and I am a newbie. Please help me, for once you were as I am now. I am trying to make the Win95/NY jump into the Linux world, and was wondering if someone oiut there might be able to help me with some of a bunch of questions I have been building up. Part 1.) Got shrink wrap of SuSE 5.3 at local computer store. Was gonna buy Caldera or RH, but what the hell. Part 2.)My system. Hardware gave me almost no problem, until I discovered I had an unmarked winmodem! Nitro3d Graphics Card, Cyrix P166, system, 48Meg ram. One unique part of my system is that I'm using a syquest SyJet IDE 1.5 meg drive as the boot drive, with a Western Digital 4.5 Gigabyte drive as the secondary. This was I can use SyJet carts like my PC is a nintendo, and until I get my Linux disk connecting to the interne I am writing this to you on Win95 cartridge. This lets me run testbed development and other stuff pretty easily. Part 3.)So Install, and everything seems fine. I'm working my way through a couple of books on Linux, and reading HOWTO's, and setting up my machine, I couldn't get my modem to work until I replaced it with a genuine jumper controlled 56K v.90 modem from Digicom. I set it up on com3, 0x03e8, IRQ 5, and tested it in DOS and it worked fine. Part 4.)So now I'm working my way the the SuSE book and the PPP HOWTO, and I get as far as conencting to my ISP using minicom, then quitting and launching PPPD. I had set up YAST with what I thought were the correct parameters. I also opened a term window and did a trail -f /var/log/messages, and here is what happened. Dec 12 19:12:57 peteshaw kernel: PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation) Dec 12 19:12:57 peteshaw kernel: PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright 1995 Caldera, Inc. Dec 12 19:12:57 peteshaw kernel: PPP line discipline registered. Dec 12 19:12:57 peteshaw kernel: registered device ppp0 Dec 12 19:12:57 peteshaw pppd[8407]: pppd 2.2.0 started by root, uid 0 Dec 12 19:12:57 peteshaw pppd[8407]: Using interface ppp0 Dec 12 19:12:57 peteshaw pppd[8407]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem Dec 12 19:12:58 peteshaw pppd[8407]: local IP address 206.29.51.54 Dec 12 19:12:58 peteshaw pppd[8407]: remote IP address 206.29.51.51 Dec 12 19:13:28 peteshaw pppd[8407]: IPXCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Dec 12 19:13:28 peteshaw pppd[8407]: CCP: timeout sending Config-Requests I don't have a f&$0ng clue what could be wrong. HELP! Part 5.)Two other questions on a similar note. 5a)How do I make setserial run automatically? I need to do a

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setserial /dev/ttyS2 irq 5 port 0x03e8 spd_vhi

zentara＠netfrog.net

02:42

New subject: [SuSE Linux] PPP Setup dilemma, wvdial, Kppp, more questions, Pls Help (long)

pete shaw wrote:

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Hello All,

My name is Pete, and I am a newbie. Please help me, for once you were as I am now.

bunch of questions I have been building up.

Dec 12 19:13:28 peteshaw pppd[8407]: CCP: timeout sending Config-Requests

I don't have a f&$0ng clue what could be wrong. HELP!

Try wvdial just to get you going, :-)

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Part 5.)Two other questions on a similar note.

5a)How do I make setserial run automatically? I need to do a

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setserial /dev/ttyS2 irq 5 port 0x03e8 spd_vhi

every time I boot in order to get the modem to work properly. /dev/modem is set to /dev/ttyS2 through YaST.

Put your line in your /sbin/init.d/boot.local file.

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5b)Is there a way to get pppd to use /dev/modem automatically? When I type ppd it uses tty by default, launching gibberish at me.

Did you setup your modem in yast? Once again, if you want automatic, use wvdial, it's really good.

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Well, I am sure I will eventually make it over this learning curve,

Naw, it's an ever-upward accumulation of knowledge. However, you will get to know where are the files are and how to tweak them to suit your needs. Then just about when you seem to have it licked, you need to reinstall, and you realize how much you forgot. Keep good notes. :-) - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html

dizzy73＠connix.com

03:02

New subject: [SuSE Linux] PPP Setup dilemma, wvdial, Kppp, more questions, Pls Help (long)

zentara wrote: Zentara !!!! Nice to see you back on the list... I was wondering what happened.... glad to see you're still around ;-) rob Bookmarks <A HREF="http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm"><A HREF="http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm</A">http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html

zentara＠netfrog.net

21:15

New subject: [SuSE Linux] PPP Setup dilemma, wvdial, Kppp, more questions, Pls Help (long)

dizzy wrote:

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zentara wrote:

Zentara !!!! Nice to see you back on the list... I was wondering what happened.... glad to see you're still around ;-) rob Bookmarks <A HREF="http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm"><A HREF="http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm</A">http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm

I'm trying to build a new motherboard, and switching ISP's, also it's the holidays, :-) I'll be using SuSe till I die. :-) - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html

dizzy73＠connix.com

02:59

New subject: [SuSE Linux] PPP Setup dilemma, wvdial, Kppp, more questions, Pls Help (long)

pete shaw wrote:

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Part 4.)So now I'm working my way the the SuSE book and the PPP HOWTO, and I get as far as conencting to my ISP using minicom, then quitting and launching PPPD. I had set up YAST with what I thought were the correct parameters. I also opened a term window and did a trail -f /var/log/messages, and here is what happened.

Dec 12 19:12:57 peteshaw kernel: PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation) Dec 12 19:12:57 peteshaw kernel: PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright 1995 Caldera, Inc. Dec 12 19:12:57 peteshaw kernel: PPP line discipline registered. Dec 12 19:12:57 peteshaw kernel: registered device ppp0 Dec 12 19:12:57 peteshaw pppd[8407]: pppd 2.2.0 started by root, uid 0 Dec 12 19:12:57 peteshaw pppd[8407]: Using interface ppp0 Dec 12 19:12:57 peteshaw pppd[8407]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem Dec 12 19:12:58 peteshaw pppd[8407]: local IP address 206.29.51.54 Dec 12 19:12:58 peteshaw pppd[8407]: remote IP address 206.29.51.51 Dec 12 19:13:28 peteshaw pppd[8407]: IPXCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Dec 12 19:13:28 peteshaw pppd[8407]: CCP: timeout sending Config-Requests

IPX is a type of Novell networking protocol. I dont understand how that got in there. You can do 1 of 2 things just get wvdial and use that. Its the prefered "easy" method to establish ppp or you can post your generic.options file and generic.chat that are both found in /etc/suseppp how do you dial up now? minicom... and then activate pppd?? or /etc/suseppp/scripts/ppp-up generic ---->? that should get you there with some basic finetuning of the 2 generic files created via yast If you're interested in wvdial the readme is here and you can get their site from that page <A HREF="http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/WvDial.htm"><A HREF="http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/WvDial.htm</A">http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/WvDial.htm have fun! rob Bookmarks <A HREF="http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm"><A HREF="http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm</A">http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm "The ability of the OSS process to collect and harness the collective IQ of thousands of individuals across the Internet is simply amazing. More importantly, OSS evangelization scales with the size of the Internet much faster than our own evangelization efforts appear to scale." Vinod Valloppillil Aug 11, 1998 -- v1.00 Microsoft Confidential Halloween I -- 1.9 <A HREF="http://www.opensource.org/halloween1.html"><A HREF="http://www.opensource.org/halloween1.html</A">http://www.opensource.org/halloween1.html - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html

stevep＠brokersys.com

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New subject: [SuSE Linux] PPP Setup dilemma, wvdial, Kppp, more questions, Pls Help (long)

Try putting -ipx-protocol in your /etc/suseppp/generic.options file or whatever your options file is... (You might even put in Yast ppp config where it talks about options. This according to a post I saw in usenet. 'course YMMV. But gosh, talking about ppp is so fun! What would we do without it? Not! :-) -or- if you are in a hurry, use wvdial as others have suggested. Works like a charm or better. Sounds like SuSE will somehow add it to 6.0, even at this late stage. Pete, you're almost there with ppp. You've got your ip's assigned, which normally means things are working. In fact, I've never gotten ip's, then had the thing fail. Keep up the good work. Steve. On Sat, 12 Dec 1998, pete shaw wrote: Hello All, My name is Pete, and I am a newbie. Please help me, for once you were as I am now. I am trying to make the Win95/NY jump into the Linux world, and was wondering if someone oiut there might be able to help me with some of a bunch of questions I have been building up. Part 1.) Got shrink wrap of SuSE 5.3 at local computer store. Was gonna buy Caldera or RH, but what the hell. Part 2.)My system. Hardware gave me almost no problem, until I discovered I had an unmarked winmodem! Nitro3d Graphics Card, Cyrix P166, system, 48Meg ram. One unique part of my system is that I'm using a syquest SyJet IDE 1.5 meg drive as the boot drive, with a Western Digital 4.5 Gigabyte drive as the secondary. This was I can use SyJet carts like my PC is a nintendo, and until I get my Linux disk connecting to the interne I am writing this to you on Win95 cartridge. This lets me run testbed development and other stuff pretty easily. Part 3.)So Install, and everything seems fine. I'm working my way through a couple of books on Linux, and reading HOWTO's, and setting up my machine, I couldn't get my modem to work until I replaced it with a genuine jumper controlled 56K v.90 modem from Digicom. I set it up on com3, 0x03e8, IRQ 5, and tested it in DOS and it worked fine. Part 4.)So now I'm working my way the the SuSE book and the PPP HOWTO, and I get as far as conencting to my ISP using minicom, then quitting and launching PPPD. I had set up YAST with what I thought were the correct parameters. I also opened a term window and did a trail -f /var/log/messages, and here is what happened. Dec 12 19:12:57 peteshaw kernel: PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation) Dec 12 19:12:57 peteshaw kernel: PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright 1995 Caldera, Inc. Dec 12 19:12:57 peteshaw kernel: PPP line discipline registered. Dec 12 19:12:57 peteshaw kernel: registered device ppp0 Dec 12 19:12:57 peteshaw pppd[8407]: pppd 2.2.0 started by root, uid 0 Dec 12 19:12:57 peteshaw pppd[8407]: Using interface ppp0 Dec 12 19:12:57 peteshaw pppd[8407]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem Dec 12 19:12:58 peteshaw pppd[8407]: local IP address 206.29.51.54 Dec 12 19:12:58 peteshaw pppd[8407]: remote IP address 206.29.51.51 Dec 12 19:13:28 peteshaw pppd[8407]: IPXCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Dec 12 19:13:28 peteshaw pppd[8407]: CCP: timeout sending Config-Requests I don't have a f&$0ng clue what could be wrong. HELP! Part 5.)Two other questions on a similar note. 5a)How do I make setserial run automatically? I need to do a

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setserial /dev/ttyS2 irq 5 port 0x03e8 spd_vhi

every time I boot in order to get the modem to work properly. /dev/modem is set to /dev/ttyS2 through YaST. 5b)Is there a way to get pppd to use /dev/modem automatically? When I type ppd it uses tty by default, launching gibberish at me. Well, I am sure I will eventually make it over this learning curve, but for now I am feeling pretty overwhelmed. The bright side is that everything else has installed and worked so well! And KDE is friggin' awesome! I am very impressed so far. Peace --Pete Shaw - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html

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