I tried the suggestion of putting "sudo" in front of wvdial, and I got the modem to connect with my ISP. However, I can't get Firefox to open my home page yet. Here's the text of my last login session:
morris@morris-laptop:~$ sudo wvdial
[sudo] password for morris:
--> 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: ATDT85969757
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT85969757
CONNECT 44000
--> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt.
UQKT2 an3.rdu6.da.uu.net
Login:
--> Looks like a login prompt.
--> Sending: usuns@xxxxxxxxx
usuns@xxxxxxxxx
Password:
--> Looks like a password prompt.
--> Sending: (password)
Entering PPP Session.
IP address is 63.19.160.220
MTU is 1500.
--> Looks like a welcome message.
--> Starting pppd at Tue Mar 24 20:22:42 2009
--> Pid of pppd: 9105
--> Using interface ppp0
--> pppd: ���
--> pppd: ���
--> pppd: ���
--> pppd: ���
--> local IP address 63.19.160.220
--> pppd: ���
--> remote IP address 63.3.11.2
--> pppd: ���
--> primary DNS address 198.6.100.98
--> pppd: ���
--> secondary DNS address 198.6.1.98
--> pppd: ���
What are the question marks? What do I need to do now?
Thanks to everyone for their help!
Morris
