Hi, Does the OH light flash on the dynalink modem.That means that kppp has initialised the modem and has entered the dialing phase.
You'll just have to keep working on the Device Setup untill it is correct for the Dynalink. Refer to #man pppd for info on the details of ppp and pap configuration. /etc/ppp/options requires the "user" option to point to /etc/ppp/pap-secrets. ie 'user name' will be your login name to xtra.(Edit the file manually) "rp3" is the gui frount for the console dialup programme called "wvdial" See #man wvdial, #man wvdialconf. Just run "wvdialconf" (in console) and then edit the file /etc/wvdial.conf to enter your username,password and telephone number into the [Dialer] section. After that it should run when you use the console command #"wvdial xtra" (if you gave it the dialer name "xtra") and since rp3 is the gui frount, it should work also. regards Keith. Bowen Denning wrote: > > Well im sure your probably going to be sick to death of these questions i am > asking but my modem is no better off. > > It seams that i can dial out fine using minicom but not kppp. So why aren't > i using minicom? well i would love to but it seams that all other > applications are oblivious to the fact that i am connected to the internet. > so i can connect but thats it. > > > Check the kppp settings for flow control. (Setup-->Device-->Flow Control) > > "CRTSCTS" usually works but try the others, xon-xoff,none. > > I have tweaked around with all the settings but none seam to get me any > further past the "initializing modem..." message. another thing i did try > was to change some of the modem command settings (as pointed out in the kppp > manual FAQ) to the same as minicoms settings (no idea what i was doing) but > this also seams to get me no further. > > So i am still in the situation that (1)redhats dialer won't even detect my > modem (2)kppp will queried the modem but get as far a "initializing > modem..." and go no further (3)and minicom will dial and connect but no > other programs will be able to use the connection. (this is probably coz i > dont know how to use minicom) > > well once again any suggestions would be good. > -- > == Bowen Denning (linux neophyte)
