I went thru the modem configuration. It recognizes a USB modem as being present.
That’s a good sign then.
In general, if you have a supported USB modem, I would expect to see a /dev/ttyUSB* device node present.
What is reported via
ls -l /dev/ttyUSB*
The wvdial utility is a useful tool for discovering modems (and dialling/connecting if desired). If you don’t have it installed, it can be installed with
zypper in wvdial
The first commend to run is
sudo wvdialconf
It will attempt to discover hardware modems on the serial and USB ports. For example, I get
Found a modem on /dev/ttyUSB0.
Modem configuration written to /etc/wvdial.conf.
ttyUSB0<Info>: Speed 9600; init "ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0"
ttyUSB2<Info>: Speed 9600; init "ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0"
I’m a KDE user, so I have used qinternet as a dialler, (but only for my 3G broadband modem, and this can also be handled by Network Manager anyway).
There is also an onboard Agere modem.
That is a so-called software modem. No Linux support (from the manufacturer) for that.
It was not in the recently installed programs list because it has been a few weeks since I installed it.
I would like to change the time interval that it uses, so programs stay in the list longer.
I did not create a desktop icon for it.
I noticed about 4 entries in the orphaned list, but will get back to it.
[QUOTE=deano_ferrari;2585546]I can confirm that it is supported out-of-the-box by the ‘cdc_acm’ kernel module. When you plug in the device, observe the output from
This relies on smpppd (SuSE Meta PPP Daemon) to be running first. So you may need to start it with
systemctl start smpppd.service
and to enable it at boot (for next time)
systemctl enable smpppd.service
Once installed, you can find qinternet in the menu >> Applications >> Internet >> Internet Dialup. Qintenet allows you to configure (using YaST2) via the ‘Settings’ option. You’ll need to ‘Add’ the modem, following the prompts given.
On 2013-09-17 13:36, andy77586 wrote:
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> robin_listas;2585603 Wrote:
>> On 2013-09-17 05:06, andy77586 wrote:
>>> And the 50K connection is sooooo… slow.
>>
>> Use NNTP instead of HTTP on these forums.
>> If you don’t know what I’m talking about, see the FAQ
>
> I will see if I can set that up in FF when in Windoze.
Nope. It uses Thunderbird, news settings (edit / accounts settings / add
other account / newsgroup account).
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
So, you’ve managed to get the dialler working? I had a quick play with qinternet just to familiarize myself with it. I don’t have a 56k modem, but do have a 3G broadband modem. I was able to get connected via qinternet with no issues.
On 2013-09-18 04:06, andy77586 wrote:
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> Does this mean the correct service is on and will start on each bootup ?
>
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> Code:
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> systemctl enable smpppd.service
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> smpppd.service is not a native service, redirecting to /sbin/chkconfig.
> Executing /sbin/chkconfig smpppd on
> --------------------
Yep.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
