Me again, Thanks in advance for your patience

[Bryce C]

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There may also be a wvdialconf progrgam.  Just run "wvdialconf
/etc/wvdial.conf" as root and then edit the appropriate lines in that
file. The file is pretty self-explanatory.

On Sun, 2002-10-20 at 20:05, Craig White wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-10-20 at 19:17, Frank burton wrote:
> > Alright I'm back Again!!!
> > OK so here's where I'm at, RH 8 on a compaq laptop tried to  get my mod=
em working with some drivers I downloaded, didn't work. Someone suggested I=
 try wvdialer or minicom. Now being brand new to linux I was a little confu=
sed so searched the net to find more info. found a bit here and there then =
started experimenting.
> > So here is where I'm at right now. I'm trying wvdialer. logged in as ro=
ot I typed wvdialer. here is the response.
> > -->Wvdialer: Internet dialer version 1.53
> > -->Warnig: section [Dialer Defaults] does not seem to exist in wvdialer=
.conf.
> > -->Inintializing modem
> > >Sending: ATZ
> > ATZ
> > OK  =20
> > -->modem initialized
> > -->Configuration doesn't specify a valid phone number
> > or login in name or password.
> >=20
> > SO OK I'm thinking this means I need to configure wvdialer. Problem is =
I don't have any clue how to do this.
> > I tried [root@localhost etc]# wvdialer.conf
> > which didn't work but I'm not surprised because I'm pretty clueless abo=
ut command lines and I kind of make them up til I find one that works (not =
as root though,  that scares me)
> > Anyway I realize I have posted a lot of questions as of late and I'm am=
aze at the amount of help I've gotten, but I have spent a lot of time on th=
e web trying to figure stuff out before I come here. =20
> > Thanks
> ----
> wish I could help you but I have never used a modem with linux.
>=20
> if there is a file /etc/wvdial.conf
> then to edit it, try emacs /etc/wvdial.conf as root
>=20
> I would presume that somewhere in one of the menus, there is a wvdialer
> and it should have the ability to edit preferences from within
> somewhere.
>=20
> Craig
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Bryce Chidester
Network Administrator
CoBryce Communications
Bryce AT BryceCo DOT Net
http://www.bryceco.net

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