LinuxQuestions.org - Cannot connect a serial modem with wvdial

Hi, I am new to linux and enjoying the experience so far. Attempting to connect a serial modem I have run wvdialconf and got the following.

Code:

steve@steve--E5510:~$ wvdialconf

Editing `/etc/wvdial.conf'.



Scanning your serial ports for a modem.



WvModem<*1>: Cannot set information for serial port.

ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 2400 baud, next try: 9600 baud

ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 9600 baud, next try: 115200 baud

ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- and failed too at 115200, giving up.

Modem Port Scan<*1>: S1  S2  S3  S4  S5  S6  S7  S8  

Modem Port Scan<*1>: S9  S10  S11  S12  S13  S14  S15  S16  

Modem Port Scan<*1>: S17  S18  S19  S20  S21  S22  S23  S24  

Modem Port Scan<*1>: S25  S26  S27  S28  S29  S30  S31  





Sorry, no modem was detected!  Is it in use by another program?

Did you configure it properly with setserial?



Please read the FAQ at http://alumnit.ca/wiki/?WvDial

I then tried to run setserial and got.

Code:

steve@steve--E5510:~$ sudo setserial -G /dev/tty

[sudo] password for steve: 

Cannot get serial info: Inappropriate ioctl for device

run dmesg on the serial port returns.

Code:

steve@steve--E5510:~$ dmesg | grep tty

[    0.000000] console [tty0] enabled

[    2.562395] 00:07: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A

From GtkTerm (serial port terminal) I can connect and run all at commands including the following.

AT command returns OK
AT+IPR? returns +IPR: 9600
I can dial with ATD<my phone no.>

I should add that before running wvdialconf I manually edited wvdial.conf with the correct settings for the modem. Also I checked that I was a member of the dialout group.
I am using ubuntu 13.10 and have also loaded and tried 14.04 just to see if it may have been version specific.

As noted earlier I am new to Linux but have connected many modems of all types over the years.
Any ideas and help will be very appreciated.