Graeme Re: > [graeme@barney ~]$ wvdialconf ----------- wvdialconf must be run with Root/Adm permission. Under Ubuntu $ sudo wvdialconf otherwise $ su root # wvdialconf MarvS On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Graeme Nichols <gnichols@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Bjorn, Marvin, > > I am going to admit defeat over ever getting the above modem working on my > rubbish laptop. > > I managed to get my hands on a Belkin USB to Serial Adapter F5U409-CU quite > cheaply, which uses the mct_u232 driver, to connect my USRobotics 56K Voice > Faxmodem to my F10 machine. > > When I plug in the adapter the following gets posted in dmesg; > > usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 > usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial > drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for generic > usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic > drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial Driver core > drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for MCT U232 > mct_u232 4-1:1.0: MCT U232 converter detected > usb 4-1: MCT U232 converter now attached to ttyUSB0 > usbcore: registered new interface driver mct_u232 > drivers/usb/serial/mct_u232.c: Magic Control Technology USB-RS232 converter > driver z2.1 > > The output of /sbin/lsmod is as follows; > > [graeme@barney ~]$ /sbin/lsusb > Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0db0:4011 Micro Star International Medion Flash XL > V2.0 Card Reader > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 004 Device 003: ID 050d:0109 Belkin Components F5U109/F5U409 PDA Adapter > Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0bc7:0006 X10 Wireless Technology, Inc. > Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 002 Device 003: ID 051d:0002 American Power Conversion Back-UPS Pro > 500/1000/1500 > Bus 002 Device 002: ID 045e:009d Microsoft Corp. > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > [graeme@barney ~]$ > > The above looks promising but when I try and set up a modem connection using > KPPP, selecting /dev/ttyUSB0 and querying the modem I get the error 'cannot > open modem'. > > The output of wvdialconf, which isn't promising, is as follows; > > [graeme@barney ~]$ wvdialconf > Editing `/etc/wvdial.conf'. > > Scanning your serial ports for a modem. > > ttyS0<Info>: Device or resource busy > Modem Port Scan<*1>: S0 > ttyS1<Info>: Device or resource busy > Modem Port Scan<*1>: S1 > ttyS2<Info>: Device or resource busy > Modem Port Scan<*1>: S2 > ttyS3<Info>: Device or resource busy > Modem Port Scan<*1>: S3 > ttyUSB0<Info>: Device or resource busy > Modem Port Scan<*1>: USB0 > > > Sorry, no modem was detected! Is it in use by another program? > Did you configure it properly with setserial? > > Please read the FAQ at http://open.nit.ca/wiki/?WvDial > > If you still have problems, send mail to <wvdial-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>. > [graeme@barney ~]$ > > > > Can someone point me in the right direction please? > > -- > Kind regards, > > Graeme Nichols. > ... > Registered Linux User 381781 (http://counter.li.org/) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - To think is to be human, to compute divine. - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >
