Hello everyone,

I decided to try tackling my drakconnect/dialup issues again,

basically, I'm able to go through the setup just fine, but when I make an attempt to connect to the net, it doesn't do anything. The modem doesn't try to dial or anything.

This is a typical log of me trying to set up my dialup connection from my /var/log/syslog
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Jun 2 21:03:20 localhost drakconnect[18157]: launched command: ifdown ppp0
Jun 2 21:03:20 localhost drakconnect[18157]: removed files/directories (recursively) /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0
Jun 2 21:03:23 localhost drakconnect[18179]: ### Program is starting ###
Jun 2 21:03:23 localhost drakconnect[18179]: setting probeall usb-interface to usb-uhci
Jun 2 21:03:23 localhost drakconnect[18179]: setting probeall scsi_hostadapter to imm
Jun 2 21:03:23 localhost drakconnect[18179]: setting probeall scsi_hostadapter to imm ppa
Jun 2 21:03:24 localhost drakconnect[18179]: adding alias sound-slot-0 to snd-via82xx
Jun 2 21:03:25 localhost drakconnect[18179]: running: /sbin/modprobe serial
Jun 2 21:03:25 localhost drakconnect[18179]: running: /sbin/modprobe -n serial
Jun 2 21:03:25 localhost drakconnect[18179]: created directory /var/lock (and parents if necessary)
Jun 2 21:03:25 localhost drakconnect[18179]: touched file /var/lock/LCK..input/mice
Jun 2 21:03:25 localhost drakconnect[18179]: running: serial_probe
Jun 2 21:03:30 localhost drakconnect[18179]: probed of class on device
Jun 2 21:03:39 localhost drakconnect[18179]: running: /bin/rpm -q --qf %{name} ppp
Jun 2 21:03:39 localhost drakconnect[18179]: running: /bin/rpm -q --qf %{name} kdebase
Jun 2 21:03:39 localhost drakconnect[18179]: symlinked file to /dev/modem
Jun 2 21:03:39 localhost drakconnect[18179]: created file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0
Jun 2 21:03:39 localhost drakconnect[18179]: modified file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
Jun 2 21:03:39 localhost drakconnect[18179]: changed mode of /etc/ppp/pap-secrets to 600
Jun 2 21:03:39 localhost drakconnect[18179]: modified file /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
Jun 2 21:03:39 localhost drakconnect[18179]: changed mode of /etc/ppp/chap-secrets to 600
Jun 2 21:03:39 localhost drakconnect[18179]: created directory /usr/share/config (and parents if necessary)
Jun 2 21:03:39 localhost drakconnect[18179]: created file /usr/share/config/kppprc
Jun 2 21:03:39 localhost drakconnect[18179]: modified file /etc/profile.d/proxy.sh
Jun 2 21:03:39 localhost drakconnect[18179]: changed mode of /etc/profile.d/proxy.sh to 755
Jun 2 21:03:39 localhost drakconnect[18179]: modified file /etc/profile.d/proxy.csh
Jun 2 21:03:39 localhost drakconnect[18179]: changed mode of /etc/profile.d/proxy.csh to 755
Jun 2 21:03:40 localhost drakconnect[18179]: modified file /etc/sysconfig/network
Jun 2 21:03:40 localhost drakconnect[18179]: removed files/directories /etc/resolv.conf
Jun 2 21:03:40 localhost drakconnect[18179]: neither domain name nor dns server are configured
Jun 2 21:03:40 localhost drakconnect[18179]: modified file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
Jun 2 21:03:40 localhost drakconnect[18179]: written eth0 interface configuration in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
Jun 2 21:03:40 localhost drakconnect[18179]: writing host information to /etc/hosts
Jun 2 21:03:40 localhost drakconnect[18179]: created file /etc/hosts
Jun 2 21:03:40 localhost drakconnect[18179]: running: chkconfig --del tmdns
Jun 2 21:03:40 localhost drakconnect[18179]: running: chkconfig --del zcip
Jun 2 21:04:23 localhost drakconnect[18179]: running: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_cnx_up &
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What I find odd is that it doesn't actually symlink anything to /dev/modem and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_cnx_up doesn't actually exist.

I managed to get myself connected to the net by messing around using
cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
./ifup-ppp ifcfg-ppp0

Does anybody have some insight or an example net_cnx_up I could see?

thanks,
Steven Picken