On Wed, 18 Feb 2009, Reid Sheeley wrote:
pctel driver 0.9.7-9-rht-10 installed, modem recognized, linmodem.ko,
pctel.ko, pctel_hw present. Docs state (2.6) relevant file
/etc/modprobe.conf should contain lines: #for pctel modem
alias char-major-62-linmodem
That doesn't look right. Isn't it supposed to be something like:
alias char-major-62 linmodem
which will attempt to load the module linmodem when the kernel requests
character device with major number 62.
below linmodem pctel
below pctel pctel_hw
For modprobe.conf? Never saw those there. See 'man modprobe.conf' for all the
valid options.
#country code for pctel modem
options pctel country_code=13
complains (warning) about lines that begin with 'below'.
gnome-ppp installed/configured and finds modem, wvdial configured but
attempt to connect to earthlink it fails.
follows is connect log:
-->ignoring malformed input line' do not edit this file by hand'
I think you can delete to the "do not edit" line to stop the warning.
-->wvdial: intrnet dialer version 1.60
-->cannot set information for serial port
-->initializing modem
-->sending:AT2
AT2
OK
-->sending ATQ0V1E1S0=0 &C1 &D2+fclass=0
ATQ0V1E1S0=0 &C1 &D2+fclass=0
OK
-->modem initialized
-->please enter password(or empty password to stop)
small dialog box (ppp) with 'sending password' remains without connecting.
most of forums/internet info I've read says earthlink is difficult if not
impossible to connect dial up. some say they have succeeded.
Probably possible, but it might be tricky. It might have nonstandard prompts,
or require you to select some option, like 'ppp' off of a menu before PPP
starts on their end. It might help to see a detailed log. Try adding:
record /var/log/pppd.log
debug
options to your pppd commands (probably "modem", "lock", "crtscts", and other
such options are already there). Then look at /var/log/pppd.log to see what
wvdial is trying to interact with.
After you get it working, make sure to remove the record and debug options,
because it will log ALL traffic and make a hugh logfile which will fill disks
if not attended to.
