On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:23:26 Graham Lauder wrote:
Hi Robert,
Good to see you got a serial modem.
Do you still have the OpenSuSE box?
In which case
Connect the modem and switch it on
Go into Yast Select "Network Devices" Select Modem and wait for process to finish Select the "modem0" Click edit
"Modem device" should read either ttys0 or ttys1 (equivalent of COM1 and COM2 in windows), go for 0 at this point, it's pretty trivial to change it in YAST later
If you have a dial prefix, put it in, then click next and follow the instructions through the next couple of windows to do with isp and so on.
At the end a popup will come up saying something like "these packages need installing" and list probably kpppd, wvdial and kinternet and maybe some other dependencies. Sometimes this popup will come up twice, just click OK and carry on, YaST will figure out what it needs.
When it's finished logout of the session and log back in.
in the applications menu under "internet" there will be a "Kinternet Dialer"
Click that. A little plug icon will appear in the system tray. Sometimes it will have an exclamation mark, if so right click the icon and select provider and Interface seperately and make sure there is an X next to your isp name and modem0. If not just click and it will appear.
If there is no exclamation mark, click the icon and your modem should light up and start making the standard awful noises.
Oops all of the above assumes a KDE desktop, you can still use Kinternet in Gnome but you have to specifically install it. It is by far the best linux dialup tool. ..... IMNSHO. Cheers G -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Moderator New Zealand www.theingots.org.nz