Re: [MacPerl-Forum] Mklinux on a PowerBook G3

[Bill Jones <bill@fccj.org>]

on 11/27/1999 4:17 AM, jakal at jakem@camtech.net.au wrote:

> I know that this is off topic, but I was hoping that someone might be able
> to help...
> I am running Mklinux DR3 on a PowerBook G3 (early model). I am using the
> generic kernel #8, and everything seems to work fine except for kppp. I can
> not for the life of me figure out how to set up ppp. I have set the device
> to /dev/ttyS1 because every other possible setting gave me "modem could not
> be found", I have used a pre-init delay of 126, and initialised the modem
> wit ATZ. When I try to connect the dialog says "modem ready" and then hangs
> indefinately!!! I have tried using slower modem speeds etc.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?????
> 
> I have a built in 56K modem. From MacOS, my modem will only work when it is
> set "to ignore dial tone", could this be the problem, and if so what sort
> of init string do I need to send the modem to tell it to ignore the dial
> tone. This seems unlikely to me though, because I have the problem even
> when I am only querying the modem and not actually attempting to dial...
> 
> If no one can help, a point in the direction of some more resources would
> be great, I already have the Mklinux book from PTF, it isn't much help
> here...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jake


The problem is most likely your local phone service.

See if you can use the modem to connect manually using 'cu -l'

The cu is 'call unit' - a Unix command which allows you to manually test
modems and other out-going 'calling units...'

Personally, while I use LinuxPPC (RedHat Hurricane release), I have *never*
gotten kppp to work.  I always ended up using 'netcfg' and 'usernet'...


HTH, -Sneex- :]
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