Good decision! I've been using wvdial for some months now, and while not having any tcl button (or whatever it is) it finally made me able to connect to the Internet with SuSE in a simple and effective way. The built-in YaST set-up never worked for me. :-( Setting up Wvdial was a breeze that took me a maximum of 10 minutes, as opposed to the approx. 10 hours that I spent trying to get the YaST way. (I've used RedHat before, and the built in setup there was also very simple and functional.) Björn -----Original Message----- From: Lenz Grimmer [<A HREF="mailto:grimmer@suse.de">mailto:grimmer@suse.de</A>] Sent: Friday, December 11, 1998 2:00 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.de Subject: [SuSE Linux] WvDial for SuSE Linux 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</A</A>> 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 <Ctrl+D> 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 <Ctrl+C>. 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</A</A>> 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/</A</A>> 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</A</A>> - 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/</A</A>> 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</A</A>>