Karmic Kapers

[Loïc Grenié]

2010/1/31 Derek <dcredway at adam.com.au>:
> Hi Mike the Answer Man
[snip]
> I cannot run 'gnome-ppp' or with terminal non-root 'wvdial' which both
> give the following:
> --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
> --> Cannot open /dev/ttySM0: Permission denied
> --> Cannot open /dev/ttySM0: Permission denied
> --> Cannot open /dev/ttySM0: Permission denied

   I think you need to put your user in the "dialout" group.

   You can have a better idea of the permissions of the modem,
  typing

ls -l /dev/ttySM0

  in a terminal. That will show who is the owner (root probably)
  and the group (maybe dialout) of the "modem" device. Putting
  your user in that group should solve the problem.

     Hope this helps,

          Loïc