"modem is busy" error

ruh31 · 01-30-2005, 11:11 AM

Hi!

At home I am using dsl but when I am not at home, I sometimes need to get on-line via modem. From my ISP I got the call-in number, user name and password. That is all I need under windows or suse9.2pro (which I used before).

Now I tried to set it up under debian, but unfortunatelly that has not worked so far. I think I figured out that my internal modem can be found at "/dev/ttyS0", since that is the only choice which does not give me the message "modem not found". Instead, it always tells me "modem is busy" when I try to dial in with kppp.

I am using debian sarge with KDE and surely hope, that one of you could help me in any way. Referring to modems, I am a newbie on this issue.

Thanks for any answers!

Oliv' · 01-30-2005, 11:29 AM

Hi,

see this doc: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO/

Oliv'

ruh31 · 01-30-2005, 12:25 PM

Thanks for the info but it has not worked. I did the following and got the message below:

Code:

ruh31@Notebook:~$ wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
Scanning your serial ports for a modem.

ttyS0<Info>: Device or resource busy
Port Scan<*1>: S0
ttyS1<Info>: Device or resource busy
Port Scan<*1>: S1   S2   S3   S4   S5   S6   S7
Port Scan<*1>: S8   S9   S10  S11  S12  S13  S14  S15
Port Scan<*1>: S16  S17  S18  S19  S20  S21  S22  S23
Port Scan<*1>: S24  S25  S26  S27  S28  S29  S30  S31
Port Scan<*1>: S32  S33  S34  S35  S36  S37  S38  S39
Port Scan<*1>: S40  S41  S42  S43  S44  S45  S46  S47


Sorry, no modem was detected!  Is it in use by another program?
Did you configure it properly with setserial?

Do you have any concrete ideas?

Oliv' · 01-31-2005, 01:55 PM

Have you tried to use "chat" instead of wvdial, 'cause I know that Debian uses "chat" with ppp daemon by default.
In order not to spare time for you, here is my "chat" config:

Code:

cat /etc/chatscripts/provider
ABORT        BUSY
ABORT        "NO CARRIER"
ABORT        VOICE
ABORT        "NO DIAL TONE"
""           ATZ
OK           ATM0L0DT0868929898
NNECT        ""

Code:

cat /etc/ppp/peers/free.fr
#!/bin/sh
# You usually need this if there is no PAP authentication
# noauth
 
# The chatscript (be sure to edit that file too)
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/free"
 
# Routing
defaultroute
# modem
 
# Default Modem (you better replace this with /dev/ttySx!)
/dev/modem
 
# Speed
115200
 
ipcp-accept-remote
ipcp-accept-local
 
 
# Keep Modem up even if connection fails
# persist
idle 180
# demand
 
debug
user your_login

ruh31 · 02-01-2005, 01:49 PM

And where do I enter the login-information needed by the provider?

I am already excited to try this idea out, but unfortunatelly I can't do that before Monday, so I will write back in a few days again ...

Oliv' · 02-01-2005, 02:01 PM

my ISP uses PAP authentication so I've placed these info in /etc/ppp/pap-secrets:

Code:

# client        server  secret                  IP addresses
 my_login      proxad       my_password