Sorry Magnus... haven't heard of any work around. Have you ever used it with Breezy? If you have...did it work well? I posted it as a bug but so far I have gotten no response... <div> On 12/29/06, Magnus Runesson <<a href="mailto:mr-ubuntu@linuxalert.org">mr-ubuntu@linuxalert.org</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 14:03 -0400, Irwin Allicock wrote: ... > > The reason I do that is due to the fact that on the first connect > attempt the modem never initializes ... It only initializes on the > second try. Seems as though wvdial is a bit broken in Dapper and > Edgy...works fine in Breezy with the GUI i.e without doing any configs > with wvdial if i remember correctly. I does also have this problem in Dapper on my Mother in Law's computer. It can take several times to get it work, if at all. Is there a workaround for the problem any where? > Even in first configuring the modem with Edgy I have to "sudo > wvdialconf" at least three time before it recognizes the modem...but I > guess stranger things have happened...hehe.... > > Irwin /Magnus -- Magnus Runesson <<a href="mailto:mr-ubuntu@linuxalert.org">mr-ubuntu@linuxalert.org</a>> Linuxalert -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- Irwin A.