Brian: All I did to get my system to connect via dial-up was followed the instructions in the ISP-Hookup Howto. Of course the howto requires you to read a couple of man pages, but it's not really a whole lot of reading. If it is not working even after that, then maybe something else is wrong with your system. One thing you need to know is the irq and com port that your modem is configured for. If you have one of those plug & play winmodems, they don't work under linux (from what I understand). Mark On Sat, 8 Apr 2000, Brian L. Jilek wrote: | I have been trying to get dial on demand going for a couple | of months now. I just can't seem to get anything going. | I tried diald for a while and after a couple of weeks | gave up on that. Then tried the wvdial.dod script from | suse. It didn't work out eighther. So I gave up for a | while. | | I just recently started trying it again with the wvdial.dod | script from the german site. But I can't get that working. | What the hell!!?? I had less pain setting up | SAMBA and ipchains. | | Can someone help me out? This is starting to suck. I | figure I'm real stupid or something is messed up on my | system. I'm hoping it's the system. | | Anyway here is the output of wvdial.dod start: | --------------- | root@crow:/sbin/init.d > wvdial.dod start | killing pppd process PID=14589 | (Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info | will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.) | Active Internet connections (w/o servers) | Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name | tcp 0 369 63.27.84.103:1891 194.112.123.20:www-http LAST_ACK - | tcp 1 1 63.27.84.103:1886 194.112.123.20:www-http LAST_ACK - | tcp 1 1 63.27.84.103:1884 194.112.123.20:www-http LAST_ACK - | tcp 1 1 63.27.84.103:1883 194.112.123.20:www-http LAST_ACK - | tcp 0 463 63.27.84.59:1877 194.112.123.20:www-http LAST_ACK - | tcp 0 437 63.27.84.59:1876 194.112.123.20:www-http LAST_ACK - | tcp 0 463 63.27.84.59:1874 194.112.123.20:www-http LAST_ACK - | /sbin/wvdial.dod: [: too many arguments | starting pppd 192.168.1.1: 192.168.99.99 /dev/ttyS2 115200 modem crtscts defaultroute -detach user MSN/B_Jilek ipcp-accept-local ipcp-accept-remote call wvdial demand idle 180 connect "/usr/bin/wvdial --chat "... PID=14631 | ls: /var/run/ppp?.pid: No such file or directory | --------------- | | Someone please explain what may be causing: | /sbin/wvdial.dod: [: too many arguments | | ls: /var/run/ppp?.pid: No such file or directory | | What is that ^^^^^^^^ for? | | After starting it it will not connect. I can still activate | wvdial myself. | Thank you for any help. | | P.S. I was root when trying to run this. I don't know why | it gives the "Not all processes..." line. | -- | B. L. Jilek | ICQ: 10733954 | | Linux user: 163800 | PGP: DSS 0x800B3A69 RSA 0x3F1963C5 | OS: SuSE Linux 6.3 | --------------------------------------------------------- | | | -- | 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/ | -- 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/

At 19:36 04/08/2000 -0400, you wrote:

I have been trying to get dial on demand going for a couple of months now. I just can't seem to get anything going.

I had that trouble too. The error you're getting:

/sbin/wvdial.dod: [: too many arguments

indicates that the wvdial.dod you got from the German site has line-breaks where you don't want them. I'm attaching a gzipped version of my wvdial.dod that works on my system in a separate email, since I don't want to send an attachment to the list. However, let's start with your /etc/wvdial.conf file just to make sure you don't have problems there... Here is my /etc/wvdial.conf with username and password masked, as well as the phone number to my ISP. Make appropriate changes, and save in /etc/wvdial.conf. Notice the distinct lack of the new wvdial.conf "Sections" that allow for multiple ISP's to be configured. They do not play well with wvdial.dod, and have therefore been removed. = = = begin /etc/wvdial.conf = = = [Dialer Defaults] Modem = /dev/modem Baud = 57600 Init1 = ATZ Init2 = AT M0 L0 Q0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0 Area Code = Phone = 5551212 Username = bljilek Password = password Dial Command = ATDT Stupid Mode = 1 New PPPD = 1 = = = end /etc/wvdial.conf = = = Next, make sure you're running at least version 1.4 of wvdial: As root: rpm -q wvdial If you're not, try using Yast to update your version of wvdial from one of the SuSE mirror sites. I suggest ftp.twoguys.org. Now, let's have a look at your wvdial.dod script. As I said, I suspect you're having line break problems due to trying to get a working copy from a web site. With that wvdial.dod.gz I sent you in a separate email, and again assuming you're logged in as root, are in the /root directory, and that the wvdial.dod.gz file is sitting in /root: gzip -d wvdial.dod.gz mv wvdial.gz /sbin/init.d chmod 744 /sbin/init.d/wvdial.dod And the symbolic links in case they don't exist: ln -s /sbin/init.d/wvdial.dod /sbin/init.d/rc2.d/S20wvdial.dod ln -s /sbin/init.d/wvdial.dod /sbin/init.d/rc2.d/K20wvdial.dod ln -s /sbin/init.d/wvdial.dod /sbin/init.d/rc3.d/S20wvdial.dod ln -s /sbin/init.d/wvdial.dod /sbin/init.d/rc3.d/K20wvdial.dod That should get that piece of the equation working for you. Hope this helped you out... Argentium -- 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/

I used the german version form the web sight , saved the html , then used joe to delete everthing above and below it. You might have some old stuff lurking there , ie an old wvdial.dod script , old ppp scripts , old chap scripts etc... Try cleaning all those out. then run wvdial and configure it to work. Once it works , download , save the german html and edit it to remove the html code. Follow the instructions from the englisgh web page ( the instructions work , not the script) and be carfull to follw the exactly. If you want ti to wrok ehen ever you reboot , you will need to make the sym linhs in the instructions. At 07:36 PM 4/8/2000 -0400, Brian L. Jilek wrote:

I have been trying to get dial on demand going for a couple of months now. I just can't seem to get anything going. I tried diald for a while and after a couple of weeks gave up on that. Then tried the wvdial.dod script from suse. It didn't work out eighther. So I gave up for a while.

I just recently started trying it again with the wvdial.dod script from the german site. But I can't get that working. What the hell!!?? I had less pain setting up SAMBA and ipchains.

Can someone help me out? This is starting to suck. I figure I'm real stupid or something is messed up on my system. I'm hoping it's the system.

Anyway here is the output of wvdial.dod start: --------------- root@crow:/sbin/init.d > wvdial.dod start killing pppd process PID=14589 (Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.) Active Internet connections (w/o servers) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 369 63.27.84.103:1891 194.112.123.20:www-http LAST_ACK - tcp 1 1 63.27.84.103:1886 194.112.123.20:www-http LAST_ACK - tcp 1 1 63.27.84.103:1884 194.112.123.20:www-http LAST_ACK - tcp 1 1 63.27.84.103:1883 194.112.123.20:www-http LAST_ACK - tcp 0 463 63.27.84.59:1877 194.112.123.20:www-http LAST_ACK - tcp 0 437 63.27.84.59:1876 194.112.123.20:www-http LAST_ACK - tcp 0 463 63.27.84.59:1874 194.112.123.20:www-http LAST_ACK - /sbin/wvdial.dod: [: too many arguments starting pppd 192.168.1.1: 192.168.99.99 /dev/ttyS2 115200 modem crtscts defaultroute -detach user MSN/B_Jilek ipcp-accept-local ipcp-accept-remote call wvdial demand idle 180 connect "/usr/bin/wvdial --chat "... PID=14631 ls: /var/run/ppp?.pid: No such file or directory ---------------

Someone please explain what may be causing: /sbin/wvdial.dod: [: too many arguments

ls: /var/run/ppp?.pid: No such file or directory

What is that ^^^^^^^^ for?

After starting it it will not connect. I can still activate wvdial myself. Thank you for any help.

P.S. I was root when trying to run this. I don't know why it gives the "Not all processes..." line. -- B. L. Jilek | ICQ: 10733954 | Linux user: 163800 PGP: DSS 0x800B3A69 RSA 0x3F1963C5 | OS: SuSE Linux 6.3 ---------------------------------------------------------

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