--=-8IrnVPye/jJE1XnAXHci Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 1. To quit, type Ctrl-C. 2. Try chmod 777 /dev/modem. That should allow any user to wvdial. If not, do ls -al /dev/modem and then chmod 777 WHATEVER_/DEV/MODEM_IS_POINTING_TO On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 18:50, Frank burton wrote: > I just installed Suse 8.0 lastnight with kde on a compaq laptop. download= ed and installed the correct drivers for my modem(HCF) , but the only way I= can get online is with wvdial , which I am not that knowledge about. I hav= e it configured but I cannot figure out the proper way to exit from it. Clo= sing the terminal window doesn't exit me from wvdial. Also I can only launc= h wvdial as Root probably due to something I did wrong during the install b= ut I need to change this because I believe this means I'm going online as r= oot which I think is probably a bad thing , but I'm not really sure. by the= way I did try to get online using the proper method kpppd and kinternet bu= t I could not get it to work I have the icon the little plug to click on = to get online but when I click on it my machine locks up no mouse control. = I can hear the hard drive spinning but thats about it. >=20 > Thanks > Frank Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explore= r.msn.com --=20 Bryce Chidester Network Administrator CoBryce Communications Bryce AT BryceCo DOT Net http://www.bryceco.net --=-8IrnVPye/jJE1XnAXHci Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQA9t2A0/wbq/C6yyPcRAo/8AKCB074Ch+eAvbDUTo1LwrIdvYeVRwCfeNz5 PsA9AhaxE1V+u0RHAMk89jE= =XVbJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-8IrnVPye/jJE1XnAXHci--