ok i will try but mandriva does not come with wvdial...i know its crazy but if id do "wvdial" or &wvdial i get nothing. thanks for the help, ill keep you posted. On Nov 17, 2007 7:30 PM, Jacques Goldberg <Jacques.Goldberg@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Nathan > In such cases, the first thing to do is to let kppp aside while > debugging, and use wvdial instead, because wvdial prints the details > necessary. > Please see http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/post-install.html and > http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/wvdial.html > > Jacques > > > Nathan Lanham wrote: > > i have my modem working with the linuxant driver in gusty gibbon and now > > im trying to get it to work on mandriva. I installed the package and > > configured the modem but with kppp i keep getting a "no carrier" > > message. In gusty i use kppp also so im not sure why it would not work > > in mandriva. My chip is a conexant (vience) and i use the hsfsoftmodem > > driver in gusty and it works great. I did download an install te correct > > package for mandriva. please advise what i could be doing wrong to get > > this "no carrier". thanks for your time. >