KPPP Internet Dial up tool - Slackware 10.1
 

Hello, today i took my linux drive from one pc and put it into this one (Windows), to test the internet connection, i booted up in linux (Slackware 10.1), i used the KPPP tool, ran through the instructions and ended up setting the connection up manually.

After going through the whole process, i went to connect and it said: "No response from modem" after testing every different modem connection /dev/modem, /dev/ttys0 etc, i realised that not one of these worked, i tried to query them from the modem tab in KPPP, still nothing.

Has anyone encountered this problem?
Im just not sure why it didnt work, It was the same case in the other machine, am i missing something or is there a problem with the OS, chances are i am missing something, Any solutions?

Cheers, Gordon

Does the second PC have or use the same modem as the first PC ?
Do you have a way to find if a modem is even recognized by Slackware ? Plug an external modem into a serial port (ttsX) and see if you can configure the external modem to connect. KPPP is the best "dialer" available. Sounds like a hardware(modem) problem to begin with.

re: kppp dialer...slackware 10.1...
 

Hi,

There are numerous things which can cause non-recognition of the modem. This is one I've encountered in slackware, debian, fedora and others.

In the directory /etc/ppp/ you will find various files, depending on your software. open any or all of these with your favourite editor: options, things with ppp in the name, and anything in the peers/ subdirectory. the phrase "no auth" without the quotation marks, should either replace "auth" or be added.

This has solved my modem problems in many instances.

Good luck!

Steve

Hey, no luck Steve
That didnt seem to work either.

Cara25, they are the same modem, both are Agere Systems PCI modem, the thing is i never configured or dont know how to configure the modem to work on linux.

I just assumed KPPP would be able to scan for modems, any ideas on getting it to recognise that i have a PCI modem in the first place?

Cheers, Gordon

Try Kinternet. Sometimes it works where KPPP doesn't and vice versa.

Also look at the wvdial.conf, since the other programs call on wvdial to do the actual dirty work ;).

<edit> As Cara25 wrote below, you can start wvdial from console and have a look at its messages. KInternet has a protocol-window as well...

If KPPP will not find your modem, wvdial.conf might work. A lot of people use wvdial instead of KPPP. Try it, make sure you have it on your PC and run it from the command line. The last time I used a PCI modem on Linux, I had to move the modem to the 1st PCI slot on the motherboard to get Linux to recognize the modem. It will probably use just a generic name for the modem.