Modem problem

roach robert_spencer at mighty.co.za
Sun Jan 15 18:46:07 UTC 2006


On Sunday 15 January 2006 02:44, Frank Arnold wrote:
> I aaam trying to set up faxing in Kubuntu breezy and can't find
> my modem. I ran wvdial from the command line and got the following:
>
> root at frankhome:/home/franka# wvdial
> --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0
> --> Warning: section [Dialer Defaults] does not exist in wvdial.conf.
> --> Cannot open /dev/modem: No such file or directory
> --> Cannot open /dev/modem: No such file or directory
> --> Cannot open /dev/modem: No such file or directory
<...>

You need to do this first:

root at frankhome:/home/franka# wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf

Also see "Internet connection" on the ubuntu-users list, I've just posted  a 
longer explanation there.

All the best.

-- 
Robert "roach" Spencer
Pietermaritzburg
South Africa




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