That looks Good Eric. What you need to install I believe is the sl-modem-daemon which should setup the connection to work at bootup. However, I am not an expert in Ubuntu so I hope that someone can help.
Regards,
Antonio
--- On Wed, 8/27/08, Erin C. <sonyadora@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Erin C. <sonyadora@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Dial up modem for Ideapad Y150
> To: discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 8:07 AM
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Antonio Olivares
> <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Erin C. <sonyadora@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> >
> > when you CTRL+C the slmodemd closes and wvdial will
> not find the modem port '/dev/ttySL0", as Marv
> suggested open another console shell or tab, and do
> >
> > $ sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
> >
> > IT should find the modem port and after that you can
> edit the username, password and phone number, add the option
> "Carrier Check - no" and attempt a connection.
>
> I did all this, and it did work (or at least got to the
> point where
> wvdial tells me there was no dial tone, as our local lines
> were down
> at the time) as I stated. I guess what I was asking is
> whether
> slmodemd can be made to run in the backround at startup so
> I don't
> have to open open it manually every time I want to dial
> out.
>
> Unfortunately now that the phone lines are up again I'm
> having another
> problem. I added "Carrier Check = no" to
> wvdial.conf, but I get this
> error trying to connect:
>
> --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
> -->
> Cannot get information for serial port.
> -->
> Initializing modem.
> -->
> Sending: ATZ
> ATZ
> OK
> --> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
> ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
> OK
> -->
> Modem initialized.
> --> Sending:
> ATDT5090082
> -->
> Waiting for carrier
> .
> ATDT5090082
>
> NO CARRIER
> --> No Carrier!
> Trying again.
> -->
>
> etc...Did I add the Carrier Check to the right place? My
> wvdial.conf
> file looks like this:
>
>
>
>
>
> Init1 = ATZ
>
> Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
>
> Modem Type = Analog Modem
>
> Phone = **********
>
> ISDN = 0
>
> Password = ************
>
> New PPPD = yes
>
> Username = ***********
>
> Modem = /dev/ttySL0
>
> Baud = 460800
>
> Carrier Check = no
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
>
> Erin C.
>
>
>
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