[gracie34]

Hi Linux gurus,

I'm trying to get my USR external dialup modem configured to connect to the internet and have run into a glitch. I followed the ReadMe file for Wvdial and it sent the config file to /etc/wvdial.config. Newbie that I am, I can't figure out how to open that file (the instructions say use any text editor). When I try to open it with the text editor it just tells me "access denied". I went to the Wvdial site and it looks like it's been abandoned. The only link that would open for me was the ReadMe file which I already have.

The USRobotics modem has linux drivers for it that I have downloaded from my Windows computer and burned to a disk but I don't know how to install them. (The page that has the drivers is here.

Ok, so here's my question(s): Can someone tell me how to open the config file at /etc/wvdial.config so I can finish setting wvdial up and see if it will connect to the internet

or

Alternatively, does anyone know if I flash that modem with the drivers from the above link will that just magically take care of everything so I won't need wvdial? If it will, then that's what I want to do but I will need step-by-step instructions because I really don't want to ruin that modem with a bad flash.

This is from the read me, (bolding is mine):

On my computer the modem detection sequence looks like this:

Scanning your serial ports for a modem.

modemscan<Info>: Ignoring ttyS0 because /dev/mouse is a link to it.
ttyS1<*1>: AT -- AT -- AT -- nothing.
ttyS2<*1>: AT -- OK
ttyS2<*1>: ATZ -- OK
ttyS2<*1>: ATQ0 -- OK
ttyS2<*1>: ATQ0 V1 -- OK
ttyS2<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- OK
[more init string testing]
ttyS2<*1>: Speed 2400: AT -- OK
ttyS2<*1>: Speed 4800: AT -- OK
[more baud rate testing]
ttyS2<*1>: Speed 230400: AT -- AT
ttyS2<*1>: Max speed is 115200; using 57600 to be safe.
ttyS2<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 -- OK

Found 1 available modem; using /dev/ttyS2.
ttyS2<Info>: Speed 57600; init "ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55"

wvdialconf will scan all your /dev/ttyS* serial ports *except* the
/dev/mouse port (if you have a /dev/mouse link) because sometimes probing
the mouse port can cause mouse problems. In any case, try not to move your
mouse while wvdialconf is probing and you should be safe.

After wvdialconf runs successfully (ie., you receive a message like the one
above) it writes your configuration to /etc/wvdial.conf, the filename you
gave it on the command line.(This is the part I need help with) My auto-generated wvdial.conf file looks like
this:

[Dialer Defaults]
Modem = /dev/ttyS2
Baud = 57600
Init = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55
; Phone = <Target Phone Number>
; Username = <Your Login Name>
; Password = <Your Password>

After [Dialer Defaults], the first four lines have been autodetected for
your system, so don't worry if they look a little different.

Any help much appreciated and no, I have no idea what I'm doing but can follow instructions if they are clear. Thanks

[tsunam]

To edit the wvdial.conf you'll need to become a priveldged user. In a console type su and then the password for root. Now as for the editor I'm not sure what ubuntu comes with but try vi /etc/wvdial.conf.

hopefully that will bring up the file in vim(editor). Hit i to insert and edit the lines you need to. After you finish editing hit escape then :wq.

The driver etc for the modem is for updating the modem itself. They just happen to give you a linux program that allows you to update the firmware in the modem itself.

[gracie34]

It didn't work. All I got was a run of these- ~ down the left hand side, But I think I have bigger issues than just the modem not working. In the device manager there's several things expanded that I think have to do with all the integrated Intel stuff. It's an old Hewlett Packard Wal Mart special and I don't know if it would be worth it to try to get it going. Everything works except modem and sound though (which may have something to do with the conexant modem/sound card that's in it. But I tried a seperate soundblaster card I had laying around and that didn't produce sound either). When I had Windows on it, I would disable the modem/sound combo and just use the external and the sound would work.

I'm rambling so I'll stop now, I may try running wvdial.config again and then do the instructions you gave all in one fell swoop and see if that works. Thanks