So far i know the thing with login in windows and linux is different. Of cos it is. But i remeber that with AOL as provider you could'nt use it with Linux. So it was (still is ?) in germany. Maybe you provider doesn't support the wvdial in procedure etc.
The message with the login prompt is suspicous for me.
Code:
Nov 27 15:17:04 localhost ifup-ppp: pppd gestartet für YYYYYYYYYYYY an /dev/ttyS0 mit 115200
Nov 27 15:17:04 localhost kernel: CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California
Nov 27 15:17:04 localhost kernel: PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
Nov 27 15:17:04 localhost pppd[4222]: pppd 2.4.2 started by root, uid 0
Nov 27 15:17:05 localhost wvdial[4270]: WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0
Nov 27 15:17:05 localhost wvdial[4270]: Initializing modem.
Nov 27 15:17:06 localhost wvdial[4270]: Sending: ATZ
Nov 27 15:17:06 localhost wvdial[4270]: ATZ
Nov 27 15:17:06 localhost wvdial[4270]: OK
Nov 27 15:17:06 localhost wvdial[4270]: Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Nov 27 15:17:06 localhost wvdial[4270]: OK
Nov 27 15:17:06 localhost wvdial[4270]: Sending: ATM0
Nov 27 15:17:06 localhost wvdial[4270]: ATM0
Nov 27 15:17:06 localhost wvdial[4270]: OK
Nov 27 15:17:06 localhost wvdial[4270]: Modem initialized.
Nov 27 15:17:06 localhost wvdial[4270]: Sending: ATDTYYYYYYYY
Nov 27 15:17:06 localhost wvdial[4270]: Waiting for carrier.
Nov 27 15:17:06 localhost wvdial[4270]: ATDTYYYYYYYYYY
Nov 27 15:17:32 localhost wvdial[4270]: CONNECT 49333/ARQ/V90/LAPM/V42BIS
Nov 27 15:17:32 localhost wvdial[4270]: Carrier detected. Chatmode finished.
Nov 27 15:17:32 localhost pppd[4222]: Serial connection established.
Nov 27 15:17:32 localhost pppd[4222]: Using interface ppp0
Nov 27 15:17:32 localhost pppd[4222]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
Nov 27 15:17:34 localhost kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module registered
Nov 27 15:17:34 localhost pppd[4222]: local IP address YYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Nov 27 15:17:34 localhost pppd[4222]: remote IP address YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Nov 27 15:17:34 localhost pppd[4222]: primary DNS address YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Nov 27 15:17:34 localhost pppd[4222]: secondary DNS address YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
This is how it looked with my USR/3Com under Fedora 3.
The YYYYYYYYYYYY are of course placeholders not the real entry.