LT Modems

[Lewis Futrell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: neil woolford [mailto:lists at neilwoolford.plus.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 12:06 PM
> To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions
> Subject: RE: LT Modems
> 
> On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 10:42 -0500, Lewis Futrell wrote:
> 
> >
> > Both KPPP and GnomePPP are set up properly, the modem dials out and
> > you can hear the negotiation between it and my ISP, but after the
> > noise stops, nothing else happens and eventually the connection times
> > out and gets dropped.  The modem either isn't receiving a connect
> > signal from my ISP or something else is borking up the communication.
> > If anyone has any suggestions, I would appreciate it.  I'm just THIS
> > close to getting my modem to work with Kubuntu.  I'm definitely proud
> > of myself for getting this far.
> 
> Rightly, as dialup can be a bit of a swamp.
> 
> What sort of information is being written to the logfiles?  Gnome PPP
> has an option to view log information live by clicking 'log' on the
> 'Connecting..." popup.  (I can't remember what the logfile is called
> though.  Sorry.)
> 
> Neil

Both KPPP and GnomePPP have that log capability.  On both, the modem gets
initialized, dials out, and once the handshaking is done, nothing gets
written.  Just dead silence, then the connection gets broken a few seconds
later and the modem redials.