Thank you VERY much for your help. I can now successfully mount my win98 partition (using the vfat type) which makes my like sooooooooooooooooooooo much easier trying to debug the modem problem. OK, the error is:
Jul 30 15:07:20 gunner pppd[801]: pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0 Jul 30 15:07:20 gunner pppd[801]: tcgetattr: Input/output error(5) Jul 30 15:07:21 gunner pppd[801]: Exit. In response to your inquiry: 1) I'm almost positive I added ppp support into the kernal during setup. 2) I'm not real positive that the serial port is being initialized correctly. I think ttyS0 is being initialized (for the mouse?) but there is no evidence that ttyS1 is. I tried echo ATDT5555555 > /dev/ttyS1 and nothing happened. 3) I'm using the same init string as I do in windows 4) This one I'm not clear on. Do I need to adduser root dip? I created a user account (wesneski) which is the same name as my ISP account name, which I would imagine I would have to add if I wanted to dial out as that user. But I want it to dial out as soon as Linux boots. Is this possible? Or does each user have to dial out after they connect? Thanks again for all your help. I really really appreciate it.... Christopher Barry wrote: > Well firstly, what is that error in the log file? Can you be more > specific? To read your files on the win95 partition, the command is > mount -t msdos /dev/<windows partition device name> /mnt (can be almost > any directory you want). For example, say you have an IDE disk and > Windows is on your first primary partition. Type: > > $ mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /mnt > > If during the install of Debian you added vfat support then you should > replace 'msdos' in the above with 'vfat' so that long file names aren't > truncated. > > One problem with your ppp attempts may be that you didn't add ppp > support during the install of debian. > > If are looking for some communications software to test your modem, you > can grab minicom. It's a Debian package, find it at www.debian.org. > > In general with PPP and Debian, since they made the setup so friendly > the're only a few things that could stop you from connecting that I can > think of. > > 1) PPP support is not built in the kernel or not loaded as a module. > 2) Your serial port's initialization failed. > 3) Your modem's initialization string isn't right. > 4) Your trying to connect as a user and aren't a member of group 'dip'. > Solution is to do: as root, type 'adduser your_user_name dip'. > > If you think Linux is hard to install, try OpenBSD (aaarrrrggghhhhhh :) > > Good luck, > Christopher > > Christopher Wesneski wrote: > > > > I am having considerable trouble setting up my modem to connect to my ISP. > > I'm pretty > > sure I have the serial port configured but every time I run pppd via pon I > > get an > > error in the log file. I've read all the HOWTOs and anything else I can > > find (since > > no one on this list will ever help you if you don't) and I am still as lost > > as I was > > going in. In one of the HOWTOs they mention kermit and another program to > > test (not > > connect) the modem. I only have the base installed so I need to know, > > 1) what am I supposed to use to test that the modem is working? > > > > 2) is it a pert of the base install package? > > a) if not where can I get it and what do I need to do to get it running? > > > > 3) how can I mount(?) my win95 partition so I can access the files while in > > Linux (and vice-versa)? It is a real pain to have to keep switching OSs to > > read this > > lists mail and browse docs online and then try something and switch back > > and ...... > > well you get the picture. > > > > I can see why people complain about the learning curve. It's not a matter > > of getting > > up it, it's just when you do get to a point where ignorance overcomes you > > and no one > > is willing to help it gets very frustrating. I'm almost ready to switch > > back to > > Windows (gasp) full-time. > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
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