wvdial and ltmodem dials ok, but cant get out?

Catach

hey all,

I've recently had to reinstall gentoo, and am using the AthlonXP discs i used when i installed it the first time a month ago (20031109 i think). I did manage to save most of my source though. anyway, I've emerged wvdial and it's dependencies, as well as my modem driver 'ltmodem' and i finally got it to dial into my ISP this arvo, but i all the apps that need net access can't detect the connection!

I tried lynx, emerge -f and mirrorselect, but they all return errors immediately (no waiting or searcing) saying 'cant connect' or the equivelant. I check the phone line when i've dialed in and hear the normal modem static, so i dont think it's an ISP problem (plus im connected right now in Windows).

I tried emerging ppp, wvstreams, wvdial and ltmodem wth CFLAGS="-O2 march=athlon-xp -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer", and also with just "-pipe" but they both gave the same results.

I'm running an AthlonXP 1800+ with Lucent Windmodem, on an (old) 2.4.20-r6 genkernel-made kernel. It worked the first time i installed, what have i done differently? perhaps something in the kernel?

any and all help much appreciated.
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wrc1944 · Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 9:38 am Post subject:

Winmodems can be made to work with linux, but they are often problematic. It might be a kernel problem (if it worked before), as IMO, genkernel is also problematic when it generates it's config file. I've never had good results with it.

Are you sure all the ppp options you need are set to "y" in the kernel config? If not, try compiling your own kernel, and set ppp built into the kernel, not as modules.
The best thing to do is ditch the winmodem, and get a real externel hardware modem, hook it up to your serial com1 port, recompile your kernel with ppp, and rerun wvdial conf, or just configure kppp if you use kde. You can pick up a used one for under $20US, if you look around.

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Catach · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 12:51 am Post subject:

I've tried a number of different PPP options built into the kernel, some failing, to connect pppd, and others with the same results as before: connection but cant detect it. Can someone out there post their config file for a 2.4.20 kernel with ppp and internal modem support in it? I could then try that config and see if it is a kernel problem. Other than that, what else could it be?
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Zak: Luke's making a 3D interface for Linux"
Jon G: "Yeah, Luke's making a 3D user interface with Logowriter"
Jon H: "He's only got 99 shapes to work with"
Jon G: "And they're all turtles."

Catach · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 1:53 am Post subject:

Strange: I managed to install kde-3.1.3 using GRP and a few distfiles i saved from my previous install, and kppp works properly, which means it must have been wvdial or wvstreams. Anyway, i'm back to emerging sync: 52 minutes already and only just half way

. My system update is going to take forever (sigh).
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Zak: Luke's making a 3D interface for Linux"
Jon G: "Yeah, Luke's making a 3D user interface with Logowriter"
Jon H: "He's only got 99 shapes to work with"
Jon G: "And they're all turtles."

wrc1944 · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 2:59 am Post subject:

If you still need wvdial to work, do an author search for wrc1944, select "posts," and I have a post where I described exactly how I got wvdial to work. If kppp works with your winmodem, wvdial should too. I forget which post it is, but it was from 2-3 months ago, so maybe on the 2nd or third page.

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davidblewett · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 5:22 pm Post subject:

I was having the same problems. I simply added my ISP's DNS servers directly to /etc/resolv.conf . After that, wvdial and all other CLI apps worked.