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[unisol]

i recently bought a creative labs usb blaster modem 56k to use with linux(ubuntu hoary 5.04) but cannot get modem to work in linux can someone please help

[unisol]

maybe some would help me on this one i bought a us robitics pro 56k data/fax modem it say its compatible with kernel 2.3 and higher just a little help on configuring i tried minicom and wvdial no luck

[towy71]

I have no expertise on Gnome but there must surely be an equivilant to kppp, maybe gppp?

no just ggogled and found this: http://www.gnome-ppp.org/

hope that helps

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[fingers99]

[unisol]

sorry its an internal pci data/fax modem a usrobitics it says it supports kernel 2.3 and higher as far as pppconfig i have tried it is it possible the problem is because im using an alpha version of ubuntu hoary 5.04 if it is i do have kubuntu hoary 5.04 non-alpha

[unisol]

sorry its an internal pci data/fax modem a usrobitics it says it supports kernel 2.3 and higher as far as pppconfig i have tried it is it possible the problem is because im using an alpha version of ubuntu hoary 5.04 if it is i do have kubuntu hoary 5.04 non-alpha

[fingers99]

The chances are you need a driver for it.

If you run

lspci

you should be able to identify the chipset. You'll then need to google for:

linux (myChipSet)

and download the driver.

[unisol]

it says on tho box that its compatible with kernel 2.3 and up the manufactuer said linux shuold detect it

[fingers99]

[unisol]

i got it to dialup by typing ln -s ttyS14 but it wont hold a connection any one have any ideas

[fingers99]

OK, so I was wrong.

First of all, ln -s ttySS14 doesn't make any sense as a command.

Maybe

ln -s /dev/ttySS14 /dev/modem

would do it.

If it's not maintaining a connection, it's generally because you're using the wrong authetification. Generally it'll be PAP.

[unisol]

i am using pap when i run wvdial it says no valid phone number ,id or password and i did edit wvdial.conf and put the right info in. its not because my service provider is msn i hope i heard the blocking linux users who use wine to run msoffice from getting updates

[fingers99]

It's probably not the issue.

You might try pon to create the connection, poff to break it, but run pppconfig first.

[unisol]

i tried pon it dials up but doesnt connect it say validation failed i know msn uses a different protocol MD5chap