Hai all,
when i am trying to activate the modem through GUI
Network Device control it is showing me an error

cannot activate network device ppp0?

when i hav given the command wvdialcong /etc/wvdial.conf
it is showing me an error
no modem was detected is it in use by another program?
did u configure it proprly with setserial?

is anybody who can help me out with this problem.

Run these two commands
and paste the output here.

mdavidn

output of the command
# lspci -v

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Host Bridge (rev 01)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Capabilities: [e4] #09 [0105]

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 0267
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 11
Memory at 88000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Memory at 80000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 1

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #1) (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 0267
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at 1800 [size=32]

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #2) (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 0267
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
I/O ports at 1820 [size=32]

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #3) (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 0267
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
I/O ports at 1840 [size=32]

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB EHCI Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 0267
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
Memory at c0080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
Memory behind bridge: c0100000-c01fffff

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 01)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB ICH4 IDE (rev 01) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 0267
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
I/O ports at 01f0
I/O ports at 03f4
I/O ports at 0170
I/O ports at 0374
I/O ports at 1860 [size=16]
Memory at 10000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB SMBus (rev 01)
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 0267
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9
I/O ports at 1880 [size=32]

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Audio (rev 01)
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 0267
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
I/O ports at 1c00 [size=256]
I/O ports at 18c0 [size=64]
Memory at c0080c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
Memory at c0080800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801BD PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 81)
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 0267
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 9
Memory at c0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at 2000 [size=64]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2


ouput of the command
#setserial -g /dev/ttyS*
/dev/ttyS0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
/dev/ttyS1, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3
/dev/ttyS10, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02a8, IRQ: 5, Flags: Fourport
/dev/ttyS11, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02b0, IRQ: 5, Flags: Fourport
/dev/ttyS12, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02b8, IRQ: 5, Flags: Fourport
/dev/ttyS13, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0330, IRQ: 4
/dev/ttyS14, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0338, IRQ: 4
/dev/ttyS15, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0000, IRQ: 0
/dev/ttyS16, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0000, IRQ: 0
/dev/ttyS17, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0100, IRQ: 12
/dev/ttyS18, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0108, IRQ: 12
/dev/ttyS19, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0110, IRQ: 12
/dev/ttyS2, UART: unknown, Port: 0x03e8, IRQ: 4
/dev/ttyS20, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0118, IRQ: 12
/dev/ttyS21, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0120, IRQ: 12
/dev/ttyS22, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0128, IRQ: 12
/dev/ttyS23, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0130, IRQ: 12
/dev/ttyS24, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0138, IRQ: 12
/dev/ttyS25, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0140, IRQ: 12
/dev/ttyS26, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0148, IRQ: 12
/dev/ttyS27, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0150, IRQ: 12
/dev/ttyS28, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0158, IRQ: 12
/dev/ttyS29, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0160, IRQ: 12
/dev/ttyS3, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02e8, IRQ: 3
/dev/ttyS30, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0168, IRQ: 12
/dev/ttyS31, UART: unknown, Port: 0x0170, IRQ: 12
/dev/ttyS4, UART: unknown, Port: 0xffffffff, IRQ: 0
/dev/ttyS5, UART: unknown, Port: 0x01a0, IRQ: 2, Flags: Fourport
/dev/ttyS6, UART: unknown, Port: 0x01a8, IRQ: 2, Flags: Fourport
/dev/ttyS7, UART: unknown, Port: 0x01b0, IRQ: 2, Flags: Fourport
/dev/ttyS8, UART: unknown, Port: 0x01b8, IRQ: 2, Flags: Fourport
/dev/ttyS9, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02a0, IRQ: 5, Flags: Fourport
/dev/ttySA0: No such device
/dev/ttySA1: No such device
/dev/ttySA2: No such device
/dev/ttySC0: No such device
/dev/ttySC1: No such device
/dev/ttySC2: No such device
/dev/ttySC3: No such device
/dev/ttySHSF0: No such device
/dev/ttySHSF1: No such device
/dev/ttySHSF2: No such device
/dev/ttySHSF3: No such device
/dev/ttySHSF4: No such device
/dev/ttySHSF5: No such device
/dev/ttySHSF6: No such device
/dev/ttySHSF7: No such device
/dev/ttySI0: No such device
/dev/ttySI1: No such device
/dev/ttySI10: No such device
/dev/ttySI11: No such device
/dev/ttySI12: No such device
/dev/ttySI13: No such device
/dev/ttySI14: No such device
/dev/ttySI15: No such device
/dev/ttySI2: No such device
/dev/ttySI3: No such device
/dev/ttySI4: No such device
/dev/ttySI5: No such device
/dev/ttySI6: No such device
/dev/ttySI7: No such device
/dev/ttySI8: No such device
/dev/ttySI9: No such device
/dev/ttySR0: No such device
/dev/ttySR1: No such device
/dev/ttySR10: No such device
/dev/ttySR11: No such device
/dev/ttySR12: No such device
/dev/ttySR13: No such device
/dev/ttySR14: No such device
/dev/ttySR15: No such device
/dev/ttySR16: No such device
/dev/ttySR17: No such device
/dev/ttySR18: No such device
/dev/ttySR19: No such device
/dev/ttySR2: No such device
/dev/ttySR20: No such device
/dev/ttySR21: No such device
/dev/ttySR22: No such device
/dev/ttySR23: No such device
/dev/ttySR24: No such device
/dev/ttySR25: No such device
/dev/ttySR256: No such device
/dev/ttySR257: No such device
/dev/ttySR258: No such device
/dev/ttySR259: No such device
/dev/ttySR26: No such device
/dev/ttySR260: No such device
/dev/ttySR261: No such device
/dev/ttySR262: No such device
/dev/ttySR263: No such device
/dev/ttySR264: No such device
/dev/ttySR265: No such device
/dev/ttySR266: No such device
/dev/ttySR267: No such device
/dev/ttySR268: No such device
/dev/ttySR269: No such device
/dev/ttySR27: No such device
/dev/ttySR270: No such device
/dev/ttySR271: No such device
/dev/ttySR272: No such device
/dev/ttySR273: No such device
/dev/ttySR274: No such device
/dev/ttySR275: No such device
/dev/ttySR276: No such device
/dev/ttySR277: No such device
/dev/ttySR278: No such device
/dev/ttySR279: No such device
/dev/ttySR28: No such device
/dev/ttySR280: No such device
/dev/ttySR281: No such device
/dev/ttySR282: No such device
/dev/ttySR283: No such device
/dev/ttySR284: No such device
/dev/ttySR285: No such device
/dev/ttySR286: No such device
/dev/ttySR287: No such device
/dev/ttySR29: No such device
/dev/ttySR3: No such device
/dev/ttySR30: No such device
/dev/ttySR31: No such device
/dev/ttySR4: No such device
/dev/ttySR5: No such device
/dev/ttySR6: No such device
/dev/ttySR7: No such device
/dev/ttySR8: No such device
/dev/ttySR9: No such device

What kind of modem do you have? I don't see it on your PCI bus.

mdavidn