Please read the Post Install Howto at http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/ Most likely you will have to work out improvemenst by yourself I CANNOT FIND ANYTHING SIMILAR TO "POST INSTALL HOW TO" IN THERE... Also install the package apt-zip and read its documentation: Homepage: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/apt-zip IT SEEMS TO NOT BE THERE (CHECK ATTACHED FOTOS) >> 1-the connection keeps falling on its own. >> > Very likely poor phone line quality. Are you located in a major city or > in some remote place, possibly an island? > The solution would be to reduce the speed of the line and/or the > protocole used. Please try a setting which will give slow line rate but > is intended to see if speed is or not the reason for the connection > breaks. Add the following to you initialization string in /etc/wvdial.conf : > +MS=11,1,14400 IT WAS DISCONNECTING DURING THE EVENING, BUT DURING THE NIGHT IT MANAGED TO DOWNLOAD ALL THE UPDATES [EITHER IT NEVER DISCONNECTED OR THE { Auto Reconnect to "on" } HELPED]; IF IT DISCONNECTS AGAIN I WILL TRY THIS. >> the whole system goes soooo much slower. >> > What do you mean by "the whole system"? programs unrelated to > communications started to work much slower when you are not using wvdial? MOSTLY I AM REFERRING TO CHANGES BETWEEN WINDOWS, "TRACES" LEFT BEHIND, THE RESPONSE TO ALT-TAB etc. OPENOFFICE WORKS NORMALLY >> is it a good thing to disconnect with Ctrl-C? >> > It is not a bad thing at all, CTRL-C is done for that purpose. And yes > of course like in anything done with a computer there are other ways, > from identifying the process number for wvdial for example with a > command ps ax | grep wvdial and then kill the process with > command kill number, to cutting off the power in your home if your > computer does not run on batteries .... OK >> why does the nice user-friendly gnome-ppp not work? > 2-Here again, how can anybody know why gnome-ppp does not work if you do > not submiit the question with a detailed report of what you do step by > step to try to make it work and what the diagnostics are ? THE REPORT FOLLOWS: pedeli@pedeli-desktop:~$ gnome-ppp WVCONF: /home/pedeli/.wvdial.conf GNOME PPP: Connecting... GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Cannot open /dev/ttySL0: Device or resource busy GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Cannot open /dev/ttySL0: Device or resource busy GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Cannot open /dev/ttySL0: Device or resource busy GNOME PPP: Unable to KILL wvdial process! pedeli@pedeli-desktop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/sl-modem-daemon restart [sudo] password for pedeli: Shutting down SmartLink Modem driver normally. Unloading modem driver from kernel ... slamr. Starting SmartLink Modem driver for: slamr0. Creating /dev/modem symlink, pointing to: /dev/ttySL0. pedeli@pedeli-desktop:~$ gnome-ppp WVCONF: /home/pedeli/.wvdial.conf GNOME PPP: Connecting... GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Cannot get information for serial port. GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Initializing modem. GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Sending: ATZ GNOME PPP: STDERR: ATZ GNOME PPP: STDERR: OK GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 GNOME PPP: STDERR: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 GNOME PPP: STDERR: OK GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Modem initialized. GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Sending: ATM1L3DT0030,8962514140 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Waiting for carrier. GNOME PPP: STDERR: ATM1L3DT0030,8962514140 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Timed out while dialing. Trying again. GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Maximum Attempts Exceeded..Aborting!! GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Disconnecting at Tue Jan 12 10:55:05 2010 GNOME PPP: STDOUT: Editing `/dev/null'. GNOME PPP: STDERR: WvModem<*1>: Cannot set information for serial port. GNOME PPP: STDOUT: GNOME PPP: STDERR: ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 2400 baud, next try: 9600 baud GNOME PPP: STDOUT: Scanning your serial ports for a modem. GNOME PPP: STDOUT: GNOME PPP: STDERR: ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 9600 baud, next try: 115200 baud GNOME PPP: STDERR: ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- and failed too at 115200, giving up. GNOME PPP: STDERR: Modem Port Scan<*1>: S1 S2 S3 GNOME PPP: STDERR: WvModem<*1>: Cannot get information for serial port. GNOME PPP: STDERR: ttySL0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- OK GNOME PPP: STDERR: ttySL0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 Z -- OK GNOME PPP: STDERR: ttySL0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 -- OK GNOME PPP: STDERR: ttySL0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 -- OK GNOME PPP: STDERR: ttySL0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 -- OK GNOME PPP: STDERR: ttySL0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK GNOME PPP: STDERR: ttySL0<*1>: Modem Identifier: ATI -- SmartLink Soft Modem GNOME PPP: STDERR: ttySL0<*1>: Speed 4800: AT -- OK GNOME PPP: STDERR: ttySL0<*1>: Speed 9600: AT -- OK GNOME PPP: STDERR: ttySL0<*1>: Speed 19200: AT -- OK GNOME PPP: STDERR: ttySL0<*1>: Speed 38400: AT -- OK GNOME PPP: STDERR: ttySL0<*1>: Speed 57600: AT -- OK GNOME PPP: STDERR: ttySL0<*1>: Speed 115200: AT -- OK GNOME PPP: STDERR: ttySL0<*1>: Speed 230400: AT -- OK GNOME PPP: STDERR: ttySL0<*1>: Speed 460800: AT -- OK GNOME PPP: STDERR: ttySL0<*1>: Max speed is 460800; that should be safe. GNOME PPP: STDERR: ttySL0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK GNOME PPP: STDOUT: GNOME PPP: STDERR: ttySL0<Info>: Speed 460800; init "ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0" GNOME PPP: STDOUT: Found a modem on /dev/ttySL0. GNOME PPP: STDOUT: Modem configuration written to /dev/null. GNOME PPP: Connecting... GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Cannot get information for serial port. GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Initializing modem. GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Sending: ATZ GNOME PPP: STDERR: ATZ GNOME PPP: STDERR: OK GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 GNOME PPP: STDERR: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 GNOME PPP: STDERR: OK GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Modem initialized. GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Sending: ATM1L3DT0030,8962514140 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Waiting for carrier. GNOME PPP: STDERR: ATM1L3DT0030,8962514140 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Timed out while dialing. Trying again. GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Maximum Attempts Exceeded..Aborting!! GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Disconnecting at Tue Jan 12 10:56:41 2010 pedeli@pedeli-desktop:~$ more questions: 1) i want to install stuff through the synaptic, but nothing i type (vlc, kwrite, inkscape, greek for openoffice) in the search is to be found. what am i doing wrong? what do i have to change in the synaptics? 2) i cannot see the internet activity (neither in the applet nor on the system monitor; it says "0bytes received, 0bytes sent" even though i know the connection is on heavy duty. 3) after the update i have two "types" of 2.6.31 plus my 2.6.28-16 (that i installed in order for the slamr to function). Do i need all of them to appear at the grub menu? how do i change the order of the boot? i hope i am more analytic this time concerning my questions thanks basilis
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