modem blues

[Jimmy Montague]

Antonio Olivares wrote:
> --- Jimmy Montague <rhetoric101 at att.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> I'm baaaaaack!
>>
>> Now I've got Fedora bootloader working, I've got a
>> holnuther problem: 
>> FC5 doesn't detect my modem. I've queried every
>> location offered in the 
>> KPPP menu and shot craps every time.
>>
>> The device is an external USR hardware modem. It's
>> plugged into a USB 
>> port. Xandros detected the modem at location "Comm
>> 8", if that means 
>> anything here. How can I get Fedora to find the
>> hardware and use it?
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>> Jimmy
>>
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>
> Jimmy,
>    Become superuser 
> $ su -
> psswd: *****
> # wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
>
> will scan the modem ports till it finds a valid ones. 
> After it finds it use that one in KPPP.  Refer to 
> http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/post-install.html
>
> for help/other issues when using wvdial.
>
> Regards,
>
> Antonio
>
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>   
Thanks Antonio. I did as you suggested. KPPP now finds the modem and 
probes it correctly, but I don't seem able to create a dialup connection 
correctly. Which is to say, I create the dialup connection and tell then 
KPPP to dial it. KPPP then goes to work -- and nothing happens. I don't 
hear dial tones or any other sounds coming out of the modem. Bye and 
bye, KPPP itself disappears from the screen AND the task bar, and no 
connection is ever made. So I'm still lost.

Thanks for trying.

Jimmy