w7ntf@aol.com wrote:

Hello... and thanks for your input. I have not encountered the 666 to 600 problem you mentioned, but have been enduring most everything else you mentioned... I am running WVDIAL v1.20... There is a 1.40 out there now. I believe it is source code and we have to compile it before it is useable. If v1.40 would provide relief from the problems of v1.20 I would be very pleased... If you discover a solution to the problems mentioned concerning WVDIAL I would be very grateful if you would share them with me and/or the list... I went to WVDIAL because otherwise setting up PPP is a real headache... I guess I will need to get some instruction on how to set up PPP, other than with WVDIAL.... a task I do not look forward to.

Thanks again...

Hi, I spent a major portion of today getting the conventional scripts to run. The one big thing I noticed is when running the script, pppd is set suid root. This allows it to really grab the serial line. I have it working. It isn't too bad, it's just that there is no input to the terminal if it dosn't work, like "busy", no dialtone" etc. But you can tell by the modem sound. Root needs to check /var/log/messages to see what happened. If anyone has a chat script that echos error messages and connect messages to the screen, please post or send it. I am pleased because this is the first time I've been able to connect with the script method using pap. One big difference is for the scripts, the username and secret need to be enclosed in " " marks, where wvdial dosn't do that. As far as wvdial goes, I have taken to getting rid of the dialout group, and just using uucp as the "dialout" group. I will try making wvdial chown root:uucp, and also try setting the suid bit on wvdial, mimicking pppd ownership, and see if that holds the serial line better. Also the suse docs in /usr/doc/wvdial says you should create a default /etc/ppp/options file as: lock debug Maybe that will help lock the modem for wvdial. I am running version 1.40 and one tip is after you compile it, do a "strip wvdial" . It will reduce it's size by about 50%. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/