[Grml] dialup problems

[Nico Golde]

Hello JeffM,

* JeffM. <mojaveplan at icehouse.net> [2005-05-20 21:48]:
> I finally figured out what I was doing wrong. wvdialconf said:
> 'sorry can't find your modem'
> the wvdial.conf file i wrote had modem set to /dev/ttyS0, but,
> actually, no such device was listed in /dev.
> So I did ./MAKEDEV /ttyS0 which was wrong.
> 'don't know how to make /ttyS0' error returned. Then tried
> ./MAKEDEV ttyS0 and it worked. Then I did setserial -a /dev/ttyS0.
> Then wvdial works. I come from a Slackware/KDE environment
> and not familiar with these issues. 
> 
> One question still: Isn't there a way to get back to a command line 
> prompt once wvdial gets you connected without going to another
> virtual console??

No it seems that wvdial doesn't work in the background.
Regards Nico
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