[plug] Setting up a Linux Box

Joel Fraser joel231 at yahoo.com
Mon Apr 23 12:16:26 WST 2001


ok thanxs i will try that

joel

--- John Breen <wombat at wa.apana.org.au> wrote:
> Joel,
> 
> It's a little obvious, but it's the first thing I'd try...
> 
> You could go into your /etc directory and remove the file wvdial.conf,
> then
> re-run wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
> 
> This will do a scan on all serial ports for a modem and give you a
> wvdial.conf file to hack with the right phone number, username, etc...
> 
> You'll need to do this as root.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> John Breen
> 
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> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joel Fraser" <joel231 at yahoo.com>
> To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 11:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [plug] Setting up a Linux Box
> 
> 
> > no i am not using x thats why i am have so much trouble trying to get
> it
> > to work..im just using the default version of redhat server version,
> with
> > no extra packages installed.
> >
> > joel
> >
> > --- Tony Clark <tclark at telia.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Use the modem setup tool that comes with RH7....I assume your using
> > > X...it does a pretty good job of detecting a modem...etc...It's
> called
> > > rh-dialup-config...or something like that.
> > >
> > >
> > > quoting Joel Fraser <joel231 at yahoo.com>:
> > >
> > > > im using the little help thing from the iinet webpage whick just
> > > tells you
> > > > how to assign a modem to a com port and how to setup the options
> file,
> > > > also how to set it up so non root users can establish the dial up
> > > > connection via the peers directory.
> > > >
> > > > joel
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Tony Clark
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> > >
> >
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