Connecting to Internet - again

[roach]

On Wednesday 14 December 2005 15:04, David Hart wrote:
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> 'wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf' correctly found my modem.  'wvdial'
> dialed out, said it had found the carrier, then immediately lost it
> again but never the less went on to get a 'login:' prompt and just
> sat there.

Here the carrier only gets detected after the "username:" prompt.

Have you tried "Stupid Mode" yet?

See: man wvdial.conf

> All the time I was looking at syslog (where I understand
> its supposed to write something) but I found nothing (nor anything
> else under /var/log).

"Supposed to" frequently does not equal reality. :-(

On my system wvdial logs nothing - all I have is the chirping of pppd. I'm 
happy with that, so have not changed it.

Getting logging to work is in the doc's, but is far too much work.

> It's odd, I don't recall wvdial ever working for me (and I've tried it
> on different hardware several times over the years), yet wvdial is in
> 'main' so I would've thought it works for someone.
> 
> Can anyone report having joy with this supposedly simple interface
> to pppd or shed any light on what I might be doing wrong?

Works beautifully over here, the only one in fact to give me consistently good 
results.

Can you show me your wvdial.conf, please.

All the best.

-- 
Robert "roach" Spencer
Pietermaritzburg
South Africa