Hello!
I have a Hayes ecternal 56k + fax modem, model 5674US on ttyS1 (com 2 in Winxp).I'm using Ubuntu "Breezy". Every time I start pon from a terminal, I get the following messages in my /var/log/syslog:

michelle@mainframe:~$ pon
michelle@mainframe:~$ sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog
Apr 19 01:51:51 localhost chat[16420]: abort on (NO ANSWER)
Apr 19 01:51:51 localhost chat[16420]: abort on (DELAYED)
Apr 19 01:51:51 localhost chat[16420]: send (ATZ^M)
Apr 19 01:51:51 localhost chat[16420]: expect (OK)
Apr 19 01:51:51 localhost chat[16420]: ATZ^M^M
Apr 19 01:51:51 localhost chat[16420]: OK
Apr 19 01:51:51 localhost chat[16420]: -- got it
Apr 19 01:51:51 localhost chat[16420]: send (ATDT8225473^M)
Apr 19 01:51:51 localhost chat[16420]: expect (CONNECT)
Apr 19 01:51:51 localhost chat[16420]: ^M
Apr 19 01:52:16 localhost chat[16420]: ATDT8225473^M^M
Apr 19 01:52:16 localhost chat[16420]: CONNECT
Apr 19 01:52:16 localhost chat[16420]: -- got it
Apr 19 01:52:16 localhost chat[16420]: send (\d)
Apr 19 01:52:17 localhost pppd[16419]: Serial connection established.
Apr 19 01:52:17 localhost pppd[16419]: using channel 8
Apr 19 01:52:17 localhost pppd[16419]: Using interface ppp0
Apr 19 01:52:17 localhost pppd[16419]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
Apr 19 01:52:18 localhost pppd[16419]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x72087d8d> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Apr 19 01:52:42 localhost last message repeated 8 times
Apr 19 01:52:42 localhost pppd[16419]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x72087d8d> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Apr 19 01:52:42 localhost pppd[16419]: sent [LCP ConfNak id=0x1 <magic 0x7a5c3f31>]
Apr 19 01:52:42 localhost pppd[16419]: rcvd [LCP ConfNak id=0x1 <magic 0x7a5c3f31>]
***************************It sends this 8 times, with the same results, then I get this:
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Apr 19 01:52:42 localhost pppd[16419]: Serial line is looped back.
Apr 19 01:52:42 localhost pppd[16419]: sent [LCP TermReq id=0xb "Loopback detected"]
Apr 19 01:52:42 localhost pppd[16419]: rcvd [LCP TermReq id=0xb "Loopback detected"]
Apr 19 01:52:42 localhost pppd[16419]: sent [LCP TermAck id=0xb]
Apr 19 01:52:42 localhost pppd[16419]: rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0xb]
Apr 19 01:52:42 localhost pppd[16419]: Connection terminated.
Apr 19 01:52:43 localhost pppd[16419]: Exit.

I've added myself as a user to dip and dialup groups; edited /etc/ppp/ all files in dir with correct login info; I've edited /usr/share/ppp all files in dir with login info that wasn't there at all; Ive created and edited wvdial.conf with correct info, as well as the chatscripts and provider scripts. What can I do now, beside scrub linux and go back to windoze (ugh!!), because I can't get online after 2 months?
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!