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Emma Erin Beckett wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am trying to get ppp to work but I'm haveing problems...
> 
> I have used the modem configuration program in X to link
> my modem (cua1) to /dev/modem
> 
> I then used the network utility to set up the ppp0 interface
> after entering all of the information for phone numbers and
> nameservers and such (I followed the RedHat ppp-tips file)
> I click on the activate button and the modem doesn't even dial.

Try running 
pppd connect 'chat "" "ATH1" "OK" "+++" "ATZ"' debug /dev/ttyS1
you should hear the modem go off-hook for a sec.
If not, check if you have pppd & chat installed, and you
have permissions to run it (try running it as root.)

> All that comes up in /var/log/messages is that the connect script failed
> Even when I run the scripts by hand the modem won't dial and the
> results are the same.

"debug" option above helps.

> Please help me in getting my modem to dial!

If the command above works, all you need is to write a chat script.
Note that you can specify pppd options in /etc/ppp/options as well
as on command line, and you can put chatscript in a separate file
and use chat -f <chatscript_filename>.
If you want to run pppd as normal user (non-root) you may have
to create a dialout group (group dip on Debian), add the user to 
it, and make pppd sgid dialout -- or use 'su'.

HTH
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