> >Sorry, no modem was detected! Is it in use by another program? >Did you configure it properly with setserial? > > > >Any insight into what could be wrong would be appreciated. I would really >like to use the 2.4 kernel so I can have my powerbook go to sleep when I >close it and also for accelerated 3d graphics. But those two don't outweigh >being able to connect to the internet at home.(Networking works fine when >plugged into the network at work by the way).
The problem is that wvdialconf (and other dialers) won't wait long enough for the modem to power up (which takes approximately 3 seconds after opening the port). You should configure wvdial manually, and make sure it has a longer timeout when sending the init string. Paulus and I are trying to find a workaround, but that will requires changes to the dialers & wvdialconf. Ben.
