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qb4:
Well, I fired it up to try it again, and discovered that wvdial.conf and the other changes I made
didn't survive the power down.
I re-created everything, and saved backups external to TC.

Running it again, got exit code 2, (pppd options error, according to the man page at http://linux.die.net/man/8/pppd).

How to make changes save?

Jason W:
I am getting the same error.  I tried dialing in with DSL linux using the ppp tool and the connection did not die though I could not send data.  There seems  to be something wrong in there somewhere.  I will troubleshoot and report back when I find some answers.

Backing up the /etc/wvdail.conf would save that file across reboots.  When I get this working I will put more into the info fille on setup and what files to back up.

edit:

Netzero's dial up tool (downloadable .deb version) does not connect either.  Dies just like wvdial/ppp.  So there is something wrong with the account or settings.  I will try other providers and see if I have better luck.

Jason W:
I have had success with pppsetup, which I used in Slackware when I was on dialup and it makes the whole thing so easy.  I don't know what is the issue with wvdial but I have spent a couple of evenvings on it myself trying to get it to work and I don't want to waste anyone else's time either, so I think it is best to pull that extension and chalk it up to experience.  Maybe later someone else that uses dialup regular can make a wvdial extension.  There are just a couple of things such as device names in the pppsetup script that need adjusting and when I test it out for a while I may upload an extension for it.  It only requires bash and ppp.

My intentions were good but I stuck my foot in my mouth with wvdial.  Pppsetup takes care of the things that wvdial was lacking anyway.

qb4:
Seeing as the error was related to PPPD options, I tried an options file (12 lines) from another distro.
It didn't make for any different result.
Was worth a try, anyway.

You have my admiration for wasting two nights on this, I wouldn't have.
I hope you are able to get pppsetup straightened out.

May the force be with you.

Jason W:
A little frustrating as I counted my chickens before they hatched, but not a waste on my end.  PPPsetup works very well and as soon as a config directory issue is decided upon with pppd then I will retool the script, test, and upload the extension.   Supporting PPI mode is what is being worked out with pppsetup to save from having to back up files across reboots.  Hopefully that way ppp setups will persist across reboots without specifying files to back up if one is using mounted /usr/local.   That is the goal.

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