Well, managed to set read and write permissions for both ttyS4 and dex/modem .... So I am connecting,
Well, I gotta sleep, I just wish I could figure out why I cant resolve a hostname, like www.google.com Tomorrow is another day! --- Scotty On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 18:10:07 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scotty Fitzgerald) wrote: >I have been working along these lines, but I am thinking of another >approach, can anybody see any problems with this idea. > >Since I will need the "pointy clickey" KDE thing to sell my fiance on >swithcing to linux, I really want to get that working. > >IT allows choices ttys0 through ttys3, my modem is on ttys4 according >to wmdialconf. How about this idea.... > >I go into bios and disable com2, which I have nothing plugged in on (I >have a PDA I plug from time to time on com1.) > >reboot, and hope that the one disabled com port with cause the modem's >com port to "slide down" into com4, which should be ttys3 in "linux >mode." > >Try to use K's point-click interface. > >Is there any "watch outs" I need to know for trying this strategy?! > >thanks! >--- >Scotty > >On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 06:20:04 +0200, Steve Mandelmore ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: >> >>> Advice please, I can't dial up. >>> >>> I am using the K environment, and I enter the command "kppp" and when >>> I go to set the device, I can't. My modem is on /dev/ttys4 but that is >>> not in the drop down box. I tried "ln -s /dev/ttys4 /dev/modem" from >>> the shell, but when I select /dev/modem from the drop down box, it >>> does not work when I hit the button to test modem. >>> >>> Any advice? Please help. >> >>Here are some things to try (if you haven't already): >> >>Add your user account to the dip and dialout groups. Log out and log back >>in afterwards. Try KUser or just do this on the shell commandline: >># adduser steve dip >># adduser steve dialout >> >>Change 'auth' to 'noauth' in /etc/ppp/options. Now try KPPP again. >> >>Maybe try running pppconfig (as root), go through the setup steps, then try >>$ pon YourConnectionName >> >>Or try installing and running wvdial. If none of this works, there's >>probably something wrong with the modem setup. Just a thought, but >>maybe /dev/ttys4 needs to be /dev/ttyS4 (capital S) for the symlink? >> >>Steve >> >> >>-- >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]