56 k modem

[chris]

On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 02:21 +0100, ms wrote:
> On 17/08/10 01:47, chris wrote:
> > Hi Using 10.04, I run a 56k external modem on my laptop.  This is
> > running through a usb to serial cable. Using gnome ppp front end for
> > wvdial
> > Up to know, and since 6.04, this has never given a problem.
> > since the last kernal update, it is now dropping the connection, and I
> > have to reboot for the system to find the modem.
> >
> > How can I restart the connection with out re-booting
> >
> 
> Hmm, for a start, try:
> 
> sudo /etc/init.d/network-manager restart
> 
> and see if it comes back.
> 
> Also, check if the logs (/var/log/messages) say anything odd regarding 
> your modem and report.
> 
> cheers,
> m.
Thanks, will try that and see what happens to date greping the logs not
shown much, but that might be my ineptitude with grep.
cheers the kiwi