I can't get on the internet with Ubuntu

[alan c]

Charlie Young wrote:
> Hi...
>   A friend helped me compile the connection for dial up connection. We got on the internet just fine. After he left I tried to get on the internet and it no longer worked. I did it exactly the way my friend showed me. I clicked on terminal. Then I typed in sudo martian_modem and pressed enter.. I'm asked for my pass word and I typed it in and pressed enter again. Then it says martian: info: Your port is /dev/ttySM0. It looked exactly like when I was with my friend and successful connected to the internet except for it didn't connect. I tried it several times with no results. I also tried to reboot my computer and it still didn't work. Does anyone have any idea what is going on. I would greatly appreciate any advice. Thanks.
>   Charlie

just a thought:
I recall that (with another OS) some complications happened when the 
home phone system had a message waiting. this affected the dial tone 
and then the modem sensing  did not work properly.
hth

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alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391