Reid,
In your wvdial.conf I read
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
/dev/ttyASM0 is a Unix device name which has been assigned by the modem driver.
Almost certainly, gnome ppp has not detected the presence of this device as a modem.
Thus almost certainly this simple command given as superuser (using sudo with Ubuntu or su with other Linux distributions) will make the modem known to gnome ppp:
ln -s /dev/ttyACM0 /dev/modem
Next, your "not able to get firefox running" is too terse to help you.
Do you mean that you cannot START (launch) firefox or that you cannot surf once you have a modem connection with wvdial ?
If you can start Firefox but cannot surf then
try to open www.google.com (will not open)
then try to open 209.85.135.104
If the latter begins to work, read item # 14 in http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/FAQ.html
Jacques
Reid Sheeley wrote:
Can dial out with wvdial from terminal but from apps> internet> gnome ppp
does not work. Is there a connection that has to be made between wvdial and
gnome ppp that I am missing? Not able to get firefox running, it is
installed. Can firefox run from the terminal and if so how? Disconnects and
reconnects approx. every 30 seconds. Thankful for any help Reid
Using ext. usb modem
wvdial from terminal window
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
--> Cannot get information for serial port.
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: 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: ATDT<number>
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT<number>
CONNECT 9600
--> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt.
Level 3 Comm nas45.det1 UQKT2
Username:/login:/Login:
--> Looks like a login prompt.
--> Sending: <provider>
<provider> (as in preceding line)
Password:
--> Looks like a password prompt.
--> Sending: (password)
Entering PPP Session.
IP address is 4.229.132.159
MTU is 1524.
--> Looks like a welcome message.
--> Starting pppd at Tue Feb 24 09:02:48 2009
--> Pid of pppd: 6212
--> pppd: ?
--> Disconnecting at Tue Feb 24 09:03:34 2009
(disconnected itself)
--> The PPP daemon has died: Connect script failed (exit code = 8)
--> man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail.
--> Try again and look into /var/log/messages and the wvdial and pppd man
pages for more information.
--> Auto Reconnect will be attempted in 5 seconds
--> 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.
--> 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: ATDT<number>
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT<number>
CONNECT 9600
--> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt.
Level 3 Comm nas45.det1 UQKT2
Username:/login:/Login:
--> Looks like a login prompt.
--> Sending: <provider>
<provider> (as in preceding line)
Password:
--> Looks like a password prompt.
--> Sending: (password)
Entering PPP Session.
IP address is 4.229.132.167
MTU is 1524.
--> Looks like a welcome message.
--> Starting pppd at Tue Feb 24 09:04:02 2009
--> Pid of pppd: 6297
(I disconnected it)
^CCaught signal 2: Attempting to exit gracefully...
--> pppd: ?
--> Disconnecting at Tue Feb 24 09:04:07 2009
wvdial.conf
[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Modem type = USB Modem
ISDN = 0 New PPPD = yes
Phone = <number>
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
Username = <username>
Password = <password>
Baud = 460800
/ppp/peers/provider
# example configuration for a dialup connection authenticated with PAP or
CHAP
#
# This is the default configuration used by pon(1) and poff(1).
# See the manual page pppd(8) for information on all the options.
pppd call isp
# MUST CHANGE: replace myusername@realm with the PPP login name given to
# your by your provider.
# There should be a matching entry with the password in /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
# and/or /etc/ppp/chap-secrets.
user <provider>
# MUST CHANGE: replace ******** with the phone number of your provider.
# The /etc/chatscripts/pap chat script may be modified to change the
# modem initialization string.
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/pap -T <number>"
# Serial device to which the modem is connected.
/dev/ttySDGC
# Speed of the serial line.
115200
# Assumes that your IP address is allocated dynamically by the ISP.
noipdefault
# Try to get the name server addresses from the ISP.
usepeerdns
# Use this connection as the default route.
defaultroute
# Makes pppd "dial again" when the connection is lost.
persist
# Do not ask the remote to authenticate.
Noauth
/ppp/peers/provider<provider.net>
# This optionfile was generated by pppconfig 2.3.18.
#
#
hide-password
noauth
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -f /etc/chatscripts/providerEarthlink.net"
/dev/ttyACM0
115200
defaultroute
noipdefault
user <username>"
ipparam provider<provider.net>
persist
remotename provider<provider.net>
/ppp/peers/wvdial
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/pap -T P<number>"
user <username>
noauth
noauth
name wvdial
usepeerdns
apps> internet> gnome ppp> connection dialog box> connect> log
--> Ignoring malformed input line: ";Do NOT edit this file by hand!"
--> 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 &D1 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D1 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Please enter password (or empty password to stop):
does not continue past this point
