Dear MArvin, Antonio, Aelmahmody My wvdial.conf now looks like ---> [Dialer Defaults] Init1 = ATZ Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 X3 &C1 &D2 +MS=90 Modem Type = Analog Modem ISDN = 0 New PPPD = yes Phone = 172222 Modem = /dev/ttySL0 Username = @#$#@$%$# Carrier Check = no Password = #@#$%^$ Baud = 460800 __________________________________________________ then i did --> ankur@ankur:~$ grep -rsl slmodemd /etc/* /etc/default/sl-modem-daemon /etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon /etc/passwd /etc/rc0.d/K12sl-modem-daemon /etc/rc1.d/K12sl-modem-daemon /etc/rc2.d/S12sl-modem-daemon /etc/rc3.d/S12sl-modem-daemon /etc/rc4.d/S12sl-modem-daemon /etc/rc5.d/S12sl-modem-daemon /etc/rc6.d/K12sl-modem-daemon ankur@ankur:~$ sudo apt-get remove sl-modem-daemon Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package sl-modem-daemon is not installed, so not removed The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libarts1c2a libartsc0 linux-headers-2.6.27-7 liboggz1 libmagick++10 linux-headers-2.6.28-11 ttf-kannada-fonts linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic amarok-common kdebase-workspace-libs4+5 libaccess-bridge-java librasqal0 python-serial libx264-59 linux-headers-2.6.28-11-generic python-qt4-dbus ttf-telugu-fonts libpigment0.3-5 libtunepimp5 libifp4 libpackagekit8 libdvdread3 libffcall1 thunderbird-locale-ja ttf-oriya-fonts gnustep-back-common ttf-bengali-fonts Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. ankur@ankur:~$ _______________________________________ after reboot i did ifconfig; down eth0 & eth1 then sudo slmodemd -c INDIA --alsa hw:0,6 (with added space as told by aelmahmoudy) & after that did sudo wvdomem ankur@ankur:~$ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1b:38:a1:94:62 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:19 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:21:00:27:6c:dc inet6 addr: fe80::221:ff:fe27:6cdc/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:17 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:86 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:86 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:7158 (7.1 KB) TX bytes:7158 (7.1 KB) ankur@ankur:~$ sudo ifconfig eth0 down [sudo] password for ankur: ankur@ankur:~$ sudo ifconfig eth1 down ankur@ankur:~$ ifconfig lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:94 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:94 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:7766 (7.7 KB) TX bytes:7766 (7.7 KB) ankur@ankur:~$ sudo slmodemd -c INDIA --alsa hw:0,6 error: alsa setup: cannot open playback device 'hw:0,6': Device or resource busy error: cannot setup device `hw:0,6' ankur@ankur:~$ 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 X3 &C1 &D2 +MS=90 ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 X3 &C1 &D2 +MS=90 OK --> Modem initialized. --> Sending: ATDT172222 --> Waiting for carrier. ATDT172222 CONNECT 46667 --> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt. Welcome to UTStarcom Total Control HiPer ARC (TM) Networks That Go The Distance (TM) login: --> Looks like a login prompt. --> Sending: 2025464189 2025464189 Password: --> Looks like a password prompt. --> Sending: (password) ~[7f]}#@!}!}!} }?}!}$}%j}"}&[7f][7f][7f][7f]}%}&},Nvf}'}"}(}"}1}$}%j}3}#} ,w~ --> PPP negotiation detected. --> Starting pppd at Sun Sep 20 13:37:53 2009 --> Pid of pppd: 4456 --> Using interface ppp0 --> pppd: �W� (`� --> pppd: �W� (`� --> pppd: �W� (`� --> local IP address 61.2.59.110 --> pppd: �W� (`� --> remote IP address 61.1.96.84 --> pppd: �W� (`� --> primary DNS address 218.248.240.208 --> pppd: �W� (`� --> secondary DNS address 218.248.240.135 --> pppd: �W� (`� ______________________________________________ then cursor kept blinking so i thought there is successful connection and opened firefox typed www.google.com AND SOMEHOW IT IS DONE !!!!!!!! sudo slmodemd -c INDIA --alsa hw:0,6 is still not showing success but net is connected now. THANK YOU ALL >>>>> Realy feeling GR8 ...... Thank you ... One more help pls .... tell me how to use Genome PPP Or give me the steps which command i need to give next time ??? Do i need to repeat all this stuff each time ???? Regards, Ankur Joshi (now online from dialup through UBUNTU ...) On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 11:42 AM, أحمد المحمودي <aelmahmoudy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 05:50:10PM -0400, Marvin Stodolsky wrote: >> Then upon reboot, slmodemd setup will not be automatic, and >> $ sudo slmodemd -c INDIA--alsa hw:0,6 >> should succeed > ---end quoted text--- > > I think there should be a space before --alsa: > > $ sudo slmodemd -c INDIA --alsa hw:0,6 > > -- > أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) > Digital design engineer > GPG KeyID: 0xEDDDA1B7 (@ subkeys.pgp.net) > GPG Fingerprint: 8206 A196 2084 7E6D 0DF8 B176 BC19 6A94 EDDD A1B7 >