[arch-general] dialup woes wvdial, external v92 modem connected via usb/serial adapter

[Ross]

On 05/06/10 17:36, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote:
>
> It would appear that on Jun 4, Ross did say:
>
>> If you are using a usb ->  serial adapter I think your Modem should be
>> something like /dev/ttyS0 (you could check on your system with "dmesg
>> |grep serial") instead of /dev/ttyUSB0
>

> I would have thought so to. But unless I'm remembering wrong, isn't
> /dev/ttyS[1-3] the linux equivalent of com[1-4]? In which case, if the
> modem could be found on one of those wvdial wouldn't tell me:
> -->  Cannot get information for serial port.
> just before it initializes the modem device specified in the
> wvdial.conf file, would it??? And in any case, /dev/ttyUSB0 is where
> wvdialconf identified my modem.

> =>  Found a modem on /dev/ttyUSB0.
> =>  wvdial.cfg<Warn>: Can't open 'wvdial.cfg' for reading: No such file or directory
> =>  wvdial.cfg<Warn>: ...starting with blank configuration.
> =>  Modem configuration written to wvdial.cfg.
> =>  ttyUSB0<Info>: Speed 115200; init "ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0&C1&D2 +FCLASS=0"
> =>  UnderTree =->

> Wvdial only finds the modem when I specify 'Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0' in
> my wvdial.conf file...
>
>

Are you able to access the modem with minicom?

Ross.