ISP connecting problem

J.McLoughlin · 09-30-2002, 12:35 PM

I have gotten my hands on a laptop recently but am having a problem connecting to the internet. I contacted someone who suggested I post this.

The modem in this laptop is a lucent winmodem. I looked around the internet and found some drivers that were reported to work in relation to this machine.

Now, the machine dials all well and good, gets authenticated fine but right after connecting I get disconnected. I thought it was an ISP problem but the person I contacted used the same ISP and after describing how to connect I was still having the same problem.

Im not sure wheather its a hardware problem or something with the ISP. It being a laptop and due to the state of my finances I cant buy a new piece of hardware so getting this to work is a priority. Id appreciate any suggestions.

Mara · 09-30-2002, 05:45 PM

Could you post your logs when dialling in? (It should be in /var/log/messages).

kendo · 10-01-2002, 11:12 AM

Also, what dialer app are you using to dial?

Try looking for wvdial on your cd's and installing it. You can also visit their homepage.........................
http://open.nit.ca/wvdial/

If using KDE..................................
http://www.carillonis.com/~ppatters/kwvdial.html

KnightAbel · 10-01-2002, 11:34 AM

Does it really matter the gui front-end that he uses? I think it would have something to do with pppd (the PPP Daemon) if it was software, the front-end is just that, the front-end

J.McLoughlin · 10-01-2002, 12:59 PM

Heres what it says when I run wvdial as root. Im not even going to try a non-privalaged user.

Oct 1 18:47:29 Razbaque kernel: Loading Lucent Modem Controller driver version 8.22
Oct 1 18:47:29 Razbaque kernel: Detected Parameters Irq=11 BaseAddress=0x3430 ComAddress=0x0
Oct 1 18:47:29 Razbaque kernel: Lucent Modem Interface driver version 8.22 (2002-04-11) with SHARE_IRQ enabled
Oct 1 18:47:29 Razbaque kernel: ttyLT00 at 0x3430 (irq = 11) is a Lucent Modem
Oct 1 18:49:03 Razbaque pppd[375]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
Oct 1 18:49:03 Razbaque pppd[375]: tcsetattr: Invalid argument
Oct 1 18:49:03 Razbaque pppd[375]: Exit.
Oct 1 18:49:36 Razbaque pppd[383]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
Oct 1 18:49:36 Razbaque pppd[383]: tcsetattr: Invalid argument
Oct 1 18:49:36 Razbaque pppd[383]: Exit.

kendo · 10-01-2002, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by KnightAbel
Does it really matter the gui front-end that he uses? I think it would have something to do with pppd (the PPP Daemon) if it was software, the front-end is just that, the front-end

It doesn't have anything to do with what I posted. I have found by experience when these types of difficulties are encountered by people new to Linux, that the path of least resistance and easiest to follow are best. That's why I recommended wvdialer, it's virtually foolproof, and in a gui form would even be easier to understand.

Mara · 10-01-2002, 02:35 PM

It says "Invalid argument". Are you sure you entered all the values correctly?

kendo · 10-01-2002, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by J.McLoughlin
Heres what it says when I run wvdial as root. Im not even going to try a non-privalaged user.

Oct 1 18:47:29 Razbaque kernel: Loading Lucent Modem Controller driver version 8.22
Oct 1 18:47:29 Razbaque kernel: Detected Parameters Irq=11 BaseAddress=0x3430 ComAddress=0x0
Oct 1 18:47:29 Razbaque kernel: Lucent Modem Interface driver version 8.22 (2002-04-11) with SHARE_IRQ enabled
Oct 1 18:47:29 Razbaque kernel: ttyLT00 at 0x3430 (irq = 11) is a Lucent Modem
Oct 1 18:49:03 Razbaque pppd[375]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
Oct 1 18:49:03 Razbaque pppd[375]: tcsetattr: Invalid argument
Oct 1 18:49:03 Razbaque pppd[375]: Exit.
Oct 1 18:49:36 Razbaque pppd[383]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
Oct 1 18:49:36 Razbaque pppd[383]: tcsetattr: Invalid
argument
Oct 1 18:49:36 Razbaque pppd[383]: Exit.

You need to turn PPP support on in the kernel. See the networking options on
make menuconfig.

KnightAbel · 10-01-2002, 05:35 PM

Quote:

It doesn't have anything to do with what I posted. I have found by experience when these types of difficulties are encountered by people new to Linux, that the path of least resistance and easiest to follow are best. That's why I recommended wvdialer, it's virtually foolproof, and in a gui form would even be easier to understand.

oh, ok, thanks for clarifying. I'm kinda new to linux myself and that's just the way Tom Miller (my teacher at the DATC) explained it to me when I was having problems.

J.McLoughlin · 10-02-2002, 12:38 PM

No. Thats not it. There is ppp support in the kernel. Made sure of that.

kendo · 10-02-2002, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by J.McLoughlin
No. Thats not it. There is ppp support in the kernel. Made sure of that.

What distro of Linux are you running and what is the kernel version number?

J.McLoughlin · 10-02-2002, 01:54 PM

Im running debian. the kernel that came with that is 2.2.19 but ive compiled a 2.4.18 kernel. Several times.

kendo · 10-02-2002, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by J.McLoughlin
Im running debian. the kernel that came with that is 2.2.19 but ive compiled a 2.4.18 kernel. Several times.

Upgrade your pppd to a newer version.

J.McLoughlin · 10-03-2002, 01:33 PM

Thats gotten that sorted. Thanks a million.

kendo · 10-03-2002, 03:08 PM

Your more than welcome. I know what hair-pulling is all about.