Start with: $ sudo slmodemd -c NEW_ZEALAND --debug 1 --log --alsa hw:0,6 Then try the dialout as before. Send us the logfile produced. MarvS On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 5:23 AM, John & Melonie Curwood <marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Marvin, I edited /etc/wvdial.conf so that Baud = 115200. the resulting > file is below: > ----------------- > > [Dialer Defaults] > Baud = 115200 > Init1 = ATZ > Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 > Carrier Check = no > Modem Type = Analog Modem > Phone = 086725327 > ISDN = 0 > Password = ************** > New PPPD = yes > Username = johncurwood > Modem = /dev/ttySL0 > ------------------------- > > I then ran. > > sudo wvdial with the following output: > ------------------------ > Results from email 2) > changed Baud to 115200 then: > > curwood@ubuntu:~$ sudo wvdial > [sudo] password for curwood: > --> 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: ATDT086725327 > --> Waiting for carrier. > ATDT086725327 > NO CARRIER > --> No Carrier! Trying again. > --> Sending: ATDT086725327 > --> Waiting for carrier. > ATDT086725327 > ^CCaught signal 2: Attempting to exit gracefully... > --> Disconnecting at Wed Mar 11 21:02:56 2009 > curwood@ubuntu:~$ > ---------------------- > After attempting a few times I used ctrl+C to exit from attempting to dial. > During one of the dialing attempts I did lift up the speaker on the phone > to hear what was going on, initially it sounded normal but then a high > pitched tone started being emitted which seemed to drown out any other tones > trying to get through. > > regards, > > John Curwood > > Marvin Stodolsky wrote: >> >> Baud = 460800 >> represents a modem hardware capability which phone lines cannot manage >> >> Sometimes it helps to Edit to: >> >> [Dialer Defaults] >> Baud = 115200 >> Init1 = ATZ >> Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 >> Carrier Check = no >> Modem Type = Analog Modem >> Phone = Target_Phone_Number >> ISDN = 0 >> Password = Your_Password >> New PPPD = yes >> Username = Your_Login_Name >> Modem = /dev/ttySL0 >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 1:56 PM, John & Melonie Curwood >> <marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, sorry there was a typo in the previous email, the actual contents of >>> /etc/wvdial.conf are: >>> ---------------- >>> >>> [Dialer Defaults] >>> Init1 = ATZ >>> Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 >>> Carrier Check = no >>> Modem Type = Analog Modem >>> Phone = <Target Phone Number> >>> ISDN = 0 >>> Password = <Your Password> >>> New PPPD = yes >>> Username = <Your Login Name> >>> Modem = /dev/ttySL0 >>> Baud = 460800 >>> --------------------- >>> regards, >>> >>> John Curwood >>> >>> John & Melonie Curwood wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Marvin, >>>> >>>> >>>> From the previou replies I received, I removed the';' from the front of >>>> the lines with my details in /etc/wvdial.conf. I then ran: >>>> sudo wvdial >>>> with the following results: >>>> -------------- >>>> curwood@ubuntu:~$ sudo wvdial >>>> --> 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: ATDT086725327 >>>> --> Waiting for carrier. >>>> ATDT086725327 >>>> NO CARRIER >>>> --> No Carrier! Trying again >>>> ------------------- >>>> I ended up using ctrl+C to cancel the attempt as it kept looping the >>>> same >>>> action. >>>> I then saw your last email saying that I needed to add the line: >>>> Carrier Check = no >>>> to /etc/wvdial.conf >>>> which I did I added the line to the end of the file. Then I tried >>>> sudo wvdial >>>> again with the same result as above. I then tried moving the position >>>> the >>>> the 'Carrier Check = no' line in the /etc/wvdial.conf file to see if >>>> that >>>> helped. I tried this several times in several different possitions but I >>>> still get the same result. >>>> At the moment the /etc/wvdial.conf file looks like this: >>>> ---------------- >>>> >>>> [Dialer Defaults] >>>> Init1 = ATZ >>>> Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 >>>> Carrier Check = no >>>> Modem Type = Analog Modem >>>> ; Phone = <Target Phone Number> >>>> ISDN = 0 >>>> ; Password = <Your Password> >>>> New PPPD = yes >>>> ; Username = <Your Login Name> >>>> Modem = /dev/ttySL0 >>>> Baud = 460800 >>>> ----------------------- >>>> >>>> Thanks for all your help so far. each time I get a reply I get one step >>>> closer to being able to connect to the Internet from Ubuntu. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> John Curwood >>>> >>>> Marvin Stodolsky wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Additionally for modems thus using a /dev/pts/N port, currently those >>>>> activated by slmodemd or martian_modem, there must be added to >>>>> /etc/wvdial.conf a line: >>>>> Carrier Check = no >>>>> because /dev/pts/N ports do not yet support this capabiity. >>>>> >>>>> MarvS >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > >