Mini9, Verizon USB727 and gppp issues

[jheaton5]

I am running the standard Dell 8.04. I have successfully installed the USB727 on the machine but connections are intermittent. I probably get ten failures for every connect. Here is the results from the gppp event log:


--> Ignoring malformed input line: ";Do NOT edit this file by hand!"
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
--> Cannot get information for serial port.
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATM1L3DT#777
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATM1L3DT#777
CONNECT
--> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt.
--> Connected, but carrier signal lost! Retrying...
--> Sending: ATM1L3DT#777
--> Waiting for carrier.
NO CARRIER
--> No Carrier! Trying again.
--> Sending: ATM1L3DT#777
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATM1L3DT#777
CONNECT
--> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt.
--> Connected, but carrier signal lost! Retrying...
--> Sending: ATM1L3DT#777
--> Waiting for carrier.
NO CARRIER
--> No Carrier! Trying again.
--> Sending: ATM1L3DT#777
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATM1L3DT#777
CONNECT
--> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt.
--> Connected, but carrier signal lost! Retrying...
--> Sending: ATM1L3DT#777
--> Waiting for carrier.
NO CARRIER
--> No Carrier! Trying again.
--> Maximum Attempts Exceeded..Aborting!!
--> Disconnecting at Tue Feb 3 13:49:16 2009

--> Ignoring malformed input line: ";Do NOT edit this file by hand!"
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
--> Cannot get information for serial port.
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATM1L3DT#777
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATM1L3DT#777
CONNECT
--> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt.
--> Don't know what to do! Starting pppd and hoping for the best.
--> Starting pppd at Tue Feb 3 14:17:44 2009
--> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied
--> --> PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) may be flaky.
--> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: Permission denied
--> --> CHAP (Challenge Handshake) may be flaky.
--> Pid of pppd: 8281
--> Using interface ppp0
--> local IP address 75.200.181.52
--> remote IP address 66.174.168.192
--> primary DNS address 66.174.95.44
--> secondary DNS address 69.78.96.14

There are three unsuccessful attempts followed by a successful connection. The error messages on the successful attempt are strange, to say the least. When it says "cannot modify /etc/ppp/<file>: Permission denied, does that mean that I should run gppp from the terminal as su?

[jheaton5]

Never mind.

After more research I switched to wvdial direct instead of gppp which seems to be only a graphical front end to wvdial.

I may upgrade to 8.10 in the future, Network Manager .7 has an automatic connection feature for G3 devices.

Thanks anyway.