[Bug 517762] [NEW] US Robotics 5610 not working

[Bill Barmettler]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gnome-ppp

I'm trying to connect with a US Robotics 5610B.  I have two of them.
I'm an old hand at Linux and dial-up; have four USR 5686 externals and
go online daily with one or more externals.  ISP is frys.com, it works
with Linux.

I can get online with the 5610B, but it's not simple.
- Using terminal, sudo wvdial has to probe ports every time.  It finds the USR 5610 at ttyS1 and dials out.
- Using terminal and pppconfig, I either have to rebuild the dialer and ask it to find the modem, or I can just keep typing "pon", then "plog" then "poff" three or four times.  I get error messages about device ttyS1 locked by pid ###, then suddenly it connects.
- Using gnome-ppp, it never finds the modem at all, until I use either of the above methods, then close that dialer, then start gnome-ppp and it will dial.

If I shut off the PC, or even close gnome-ppp and restart it, the modem disappears again and I have to run either wvdial or gnome-ppp to reacquire.  A couple of threads I started...
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1399314
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1397947

This is on Karmic.  I have a Jaunty PC if someone wants me to try it there.
gnome-ppp version 0.3.23-1 ubuntu2

This may not be a gnome-ppp bug, but I didn't know what else to do.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Feb  5 12:43:59 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: gnome-ppp 0.3.23-1ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-ppp
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686

** Affects: gnome-ppp (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386

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