Modem initializes OK but I get error for username password
 

I finally got Ubuntu to see and initialize my modem but now I get the following

WvDial<err>: configuration doe not specify a valid phone Number
WvDial<err>: configuration doe not specify a valid login name
WvDial<err>: configuration doe not specify a valid password

in wvdial.conf I have put in the following (of course the Username and password aren't these very ones but are the same syntactally

; Phone = 1234567
; Password = 1234abcd
; Username = bobby@bobby.net

what am I doing wrong?
Indy

Do the entries in your wvdial.conf file really have a leading semicolon (ini file comment)? If so, remove the semicolons. If not, post your complete wvdial.conf file, that should help. I also needed to use "stupid mode" when I was on dial-up, but I don't think you're at that point yet.

I will try eliminating the semicolons and see if that works

That worked thanks
I have one other question.
even though I can dial out and connect Firefox will still not display pages.
Do I need to edit pppconfig still even though I am using wvdial?
Or could this be bcause my ISP does not support linux?
Indy

Your ISP should support Linux, unless it's something like AOL. Have you tried pinging a site to see if you can reach it?

You will also probably need to add your ISPs nameservers to /etc/resolv.conf.

I don't remember if I needed to make changes to other PPP related files.