Hi,

Any idea why my ppp deamon saddenly died? below are the details.

#dmesg | grep ttyACM
[  129.132518] cdc_acm 4-1:1.10: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
[  960.831645] cdc_acm 4-1:1.10: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
[ 1141.317419] cdc_acm 4-1:1.10: ttyACM0: USB ACM device

#wvdial running
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
--> Cannot get information for serial port. --> Im not sure why I get this
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Sending: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","internet"
AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","internet"
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Idle Seconds = 3000, disabling automatic reconnect.
--> Sending: ATD*99#
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATD*99#
CONNECT
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--> Carrier detected.  Starting PPP immediately.
--> Starting pppd at Fri Jul 18 12:13:56 2008
--> Pid of pppd: 6499
--> Using interface ppp0
--> pppd: [18]�[06][08]
--> pppd: [18]�[06][08]
--> pppd: [18]�[06][08]
--> pppd: [18]�[06][08]
--> pppd: [18]�[06][08]
--> pppd: [18]�[06][08]
--> Disconnecting at Fri Jul 18 12:14:01 2008
--> The PPP daemon has died: A modem hung up the phone (exit code = 16)
--> man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail.
--> Try again and look into /var/log/messages and the wvdial and pppd man
pages for more information.


#/var/log/message
Jul 18 12:13:56 myturf pppd[6499]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
Jul 18 12:13:57 myturf pppd[6499]: Using interface ppp0
Jul 18 12:13:57 myturf pppd[6499]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyACM0
Jul 18 12:13:57 myturf pppd[6499]: PAP authentication succeeded
Jul 18 12:13:57 myturf kernel: [  184.053428] PPP BSD Compression module
registered
Jul 18 12:13:57 myturf kernel: [  184.117052] PPP Deflate Compression module
registered
Jul 18 12:13:57 myturf pppd[6499]: LCP terminated by peer
Jul 18 12:14:00 myturf pppd[6499]: Connection terminated.
Jul 18 12:14:00 myturf pppd[6499]: Modem hangup
Jul 18 12:14:00 myturf pppd[6499]: Exit.

OS: ubuntu 8.04.1 (2.6.24-19-generic)
wvdial: 1.60.1

My laptop is dual boot for win its works.

Thanks,
AC

On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Paolo Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Now if only someone would package that (like what Apple did on Mac OSX),
> and integrate it with Network Manager that would be even better!
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Mhac Janapin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>> Cool!
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 9:16 AM, Pablo Manalastas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>  In my Yahoo blog, I reposted Gideon Guillen's article on connecting your
>>> Linux laptop to the Internet, using a 3G phone.  I have added other
>>> important details, in an attempt to make the connection process as painless
>>> as possible. Here is the link to my post, which I have also included below:
>>>
>>> http://blog.360.yahoo.com/prmanalastas?cq=1&p=267
>>>
>>> *** Actual Blog Post Follows ***
>>>
>>> Using 3G Phone to Connect Linux Laptop to Internet (Jul 18 08)
>>>
>>> Gideon Guillen wrote in his blog a procedure for using a Motorola V6
>>> mobile phone as a modem to connect your Linux laptop to the Internet.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://elijah.pinoguin.com/blog/blog-view/article/motorola-v6-as-modem-in-ubuntu-linux.html
>>>
>>> His procedure actually works for the Nokia 6680 3G phone (and possibly
>>> other 3G phones as well) when used as a modem for your Fedora-9 or Debian
>>> Testing (Lenny) to connect to the Internet using a Smart Buddy prepaid SIM.
>>>
>>> Let me recap the important steps to do:
>>>
>>> 1. On your Nokia 6680 phone, get the correct Internet settings by sending
>>> the following text message to 211:
>>>
>>> SET N6680
>>>
>>> Smart replies by giving you the correct settings for SmartGPRS,
>>> SmartInternet, and SmartMMS. Save all of these settings as the default
>>> settings for your phone. If prompted for pasword, type 1234, unless you
>>> changed the default password on your phone. If you have a different phone,
>>> you can get the correct message to send to 211 by sending the following text
>>> message to 211 instead:
>>>
>>> SET LIST
>>>
>>> After installing the correct settings for GPRS, Internet and MMS, your
>>> phone is ready for stand-alone use for connecting to the Internet using your
>>> phone's little Web browser. However, you would like to use your laptop with
>>> your phone, since your laptop has a better keyboard and mouse and a bigger,
>>> more comfortable screen. You need the data cable DKU-2 to connect your N6680
>>> phone to the USB port of your laptop. The DKU-2 cable is part of the Nokia
>>> 6680 package, but if your package does not include the data cable, you can
>>> always get one from CDR-King or from any cellphone store. A different 3G
>>> phone will use a different data cable.
>>>
>>> 2. On your Linux laptop, install wvdial and ppp, if you do not already
>>> have them. In Fedora, these were installed by default, but in Debian, I had
>>> to get them using apt-get:
>>>
>>> apt-get install wvdial
>>>
>>> After installing wvdial, as root, create or modify the file
>>> /etc/wvdial.conf so that it contains the following:
>>>
>>> [Dialer Defaults]
>>> Init1 = ATZ
>>> Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
>>> Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","internet"
>>> Modem Type = USB Modem
>>> ISDN = 0
>>> Phone = *99#
>>> New PPPD = yes
>>> Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
>>> Username = yourusername
>>> Password = yourpassword
>>> Baud = 460800
>>> Idle Seconds = 3000
>>> Auto DNS = 1
>>> Stupid Mode = 1
>>> Compuserve = 0
>>> Baud = 460800
>>> Dial Command = ATD
>>> Ask Password = 0
>>> FlowControl = NOFLOW
>>>
>>> 3. As root user, install your user account in the file /etc/sudoers. For
>>> example, if you are user "ambo", you need to add the line
>>>
>>> ambo ALL=(ALL) ALL
>>>
>>> to the /etc/sudoers file.
>>>
>>> 4. Before dialing, connect your phone to your laptop using the USB data
>>> cable, and check that the phone has already been detected by the system.
>>> Type the command
>>>
>>> dmesg | grep ttyACM
>>>
>>> and if you see a line containing /dev/ttyACM0, that means your phone is
>>> already detected by the system and you can now dial. As a normal user (in my
>>> case, I am user "ambo"), dial Smart by typing the following command in a
>>> terminal window:
>>>
>>> sudo wvdial
>>>
>>> This command dials the Smart Internet number, manages a ppp connection,
>>> performs "ifconfig" to assign an IP address to your laptop, does a "route
>>> add" command to fix the routing table, and installs the DNS IP numbers
>>> provided by Smart in /etc/resolv.conf. Do not exit from this terminal window
>>> -- typing a control-C in this window will disconnect you from the Internet.
>>>
>>> As a normal user, check if you have a successful connection by giving the
>>> command:
>>>
>>> dig www.google.com
>>>
>>> If the system gives you the IP address of Google, then you are now
>>> connected to the Internet. Smart will charge you ten pesos for every 30
>>> minutes of Internet use.
>>>
>>> Some notes:
>>>
>>> This procedure works without fail in my Debian Testing/Lenny laptop.
>>> Since Ubuntu is a Debian derivative, it should also work for Ubuntu.
>>> However, on my Fedora laptop, I needed to manually copy the DNS values given
>>> by the ppp connection into the file /etc/resolv.conf. I had to type the
>>> entries
>>>
>>> nameserver 203.84.191.216
>>> nameserver 121.1.3.250
>>>
>>> in /etc/resolv.conf. I think the Fedora ppp package or the Fedora
>>> NetworkManager package does not automatically take care of this.
>>>
>>> Thank you Gideon Guillen for providing us with this useful procedure.
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
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>> PBTS System Administrator
>> Baguio City, Philippines
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