Well, after getting your mail I went to the system.conf file and changed a few lines around to send the log files from pppd from the messages file to a new ppp file. I then used the tail -f command to read that file as its been written. when I use wvdial I don't think it tells pppd to write a log by default. In any case nothings being written to the file. On the output from wvdial I get as far as the line "Starting pppd on [date]" then it just stops. I've tried a few pppd commands in different consoles such as pppd debug CONNECT '\d\c' or '\client' with no success. A line that I typed did connect but couldn't validate my log in information This as I understand it is because wvdial passes the user name and password to the ISP not pppd. The Line that I used to connect with pppd was /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttyS3 57600 debug connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v '' 'AT&F0' OK ATD1891110110 CONNECT '\d\c' " That line is from memory so excuse me if I have written any mistakes. I realize that I have the modem speed very low, this is because I wanted to make sure that any faults were not as a result of speed. Could the problem be that wvdial can not find pppd? I doubt this as it says starting pppd but at this stage anything's possible. Or, Could there be a line missing in wvdial.conf? The last line that I have is password. Darragh ----- Original Message ----- From: "L. C. Robinson" <lcr@onewest.net> To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 1:08 AM Subject: Re: Connecting to the Internet ; editing LIO; setting up the sound card > On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Darragh wrote: > > > Now, I'm getting as far as wvdial asining the computer an > > IP address, then it says connecting to pppd on "date" but > > doesn't go any further. It is dialling though so I'm > > getting there slowly but surely. > > Well, it sounds like you have fully succeeded in getting > your modem to work, if it is logging in to your ISP with > username and password, which seems to be implied here. When > wvdial invokes pppd, it is done, control is passed to pppd, > and any output from then on will come from pppd. The pppd > output normally goes through syslogd (you don't want to see > any of it while you are reading email, browsing, etc), and > syslogd normally adds it to /var/log/messages. Any problems > pppd reports there (hopefully none) are due to > misconfiguration of pppd. Maybe you are online! In any > event, congratulations for this step forward: your average > new user just isn't tenacious enough to go through what you > have, in order to get a winmodem working. > > LCR > > -- > L. C. Robinson > reply to no_spam+munged_lcr@onewest.net.invalid > > People buy MicroShaft for compatibility, but get incompatibility and > instability instead. This is award winning "innovation". Find > out how MS holds your data hostage with "The *Lens*"; see > "CyberSnare" at http://www.netaction.org/msoft/cybersnare.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >