Hi All, I am still without a connection to the internet. I am starting to wonder if I perhaps should consider re-installing? Everything seems to be working just beautifully. I still am lost as to what I am missing to get my modem to work (no it is not a winmodem). I have a Creative labs Modem Blaster 56K v.90/K56 type modem. What have I done thus far; I have set 'kppp' configured my modem and connection using 'LinuxConf' and 'NetConf' I have checked my ppp0 configuration in 'ifup' I have also gone root and run; less /var/log/messages which generated over 2000 lines of output (I haven't even been online with it yet :)) I was unable to find anything helpful to me there. Then I made the only change that resulted in any change and that was I reset the com port aka ttyS2 I changed to ttyS1 and I got some movment. After which when I tell kppp to dial instead of the old message that said "looking for modem" it now says "initializing modem" which seemed at first like an improvement however I have yet to figure out what else it is requiring. Also when I run /sbin/ifup ppp0 it reports "taking longer than expected to complete" failed to activate ppp0 with error 8 & error 9 Also I have changed the init string from the old ATZ to; AT&FE0V1S0=0&C1&D2+MR=2;+DR=1;+ER=1;W0 as per recommendations from "Ask Mr. Modem". Similarly when I run mount /dev/cdrom2 I get 'is not a valid block device return 32 " checking permissions " " " I guess I am wondering, if I reinstall can I do a better job at configuring my modem and my second cdrom etc from DrakX with a fresh install? Also I think I used the supermount option, and from what I have read here it may be better for me to not use that option. Thanks for any and all input. b/web Wade PS - Did I say I LOVE this OS?
