Bug 186845

Summary: wvdial cannot read /etc/wvdial.conf
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: David Woodhouse <dwmw2>
Component: libwvstreamsAssignee: Ondrej Vasik <ovasik>
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Description David Woodhouse 2006-03-27 01:55:55 UTC 
After upgrading to FC5, I can no longer connect my laptop to GPRS. I get the
following errors:

Mar 27 02:57:43 shinybook wvdial[3739]: Configuration does not specify a valid
phone number.
Mar 27 02:57:43 shinybook wvdial[3739]: Configuration does not specify a valid
login name.
Mar 27 02:57:43 shinybook wvdial[3739]: Configuration does not specify a valid
password.

The scripts for dialup are somewhat confusing -- there's information duplicated
in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and /etc/wvdial.conf. But the wvdial config
looks like this:

[Dialer Default]
Username = x
Password = x
Phone = *99***1#
Stupid Mode = 1
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Inherits = *
Comment 1 David Woodhouse 2006-03-27 12:01:01 UTC 
Oh, this just might be relevant too... it also says:

Mar 27 13:00:58 shinybook wvdial[12284]: Warning: section [Dialer GPRS] does not
exist in wvdial.conf.

I trimmed wvdial.conf and it still happens. Here's wvdial.conf in its entirety:

[Modem0]
Modem = /dev/rfcomm0
Baud = 115200
SetVolume = 0
Dial Command = ATDT
Init1 = ATZ
Init3 = ATM0
FlowControl = CRTSCTS
[Dialer GPRS]
Username = x
Password = x
Phone = *99***1#
Stupid Mode = 1
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Inherits = Modem0
Comment 2 Harald Hoyer 2006-03-27 12:23:27 UTC 
strange, strange
Comment 3 David Woodhouse 2006-03-28 08:33:18 UTC 
Strange indeed. And probably the fault of libwvutil, not wvdial itself.

Do we really need something as complicated as wvdial for this job? What does it
do that we couldn't manage with a simple chat script and the existing (or
slightly enhanced) initscripts?
Comment 4 David Woodhouse 2006-03-28 08:55:03 UTC 
Ooh, nice. We _don't_ need wvdial except for backward compatibility. Fixing my
config accordingly.
Comment 5 Harald Hoyer 2006-03-28 09:16:08 UTC 
well, it is guessing login procedures... (stupid mode)
Comment 6 Harald Hoyer 2006-03-28 09:25:45 UTC 
hmm... works for me...
# wvdial GPRS
Comment 7 Harald Hoyer 2006-03-28 09:28:15 UTC 
# wvdial GPRS
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ

with your /etc/wvdial.conf....
Comment 8 David Woodhouse 2006-03-28 12:20:29 UTC 
Created attachment 126897 [details]
my wvdial.conf
Comment 9 David Woodhouse 2006-03-28 12:22:59 UTC 
Created attachment 126898 [details]
strace of wvdial failing
Comment 10 William Lachance 2007-02-22 17:54:25 UTC 
My suspicion is that this is due to a bug in WvStreams which may have been fixed
in the latest release (4.3.0). Certainly I'm not seeing a problem with the above
configuration file and a test program written to parse it that uses 4.3.0.

Note that WvStreams' upstream location has changed. You can now grab it at:

http://alumnit.ca/wiki/?WvStreams
Comment 11 Ondrej Vasik 2008-01-20 21:22:50 UTC 
FC-5 EOL and 4.3.0 (and newer) in F8 and RAWHIDE (F7 has 4.2.2) - closing
NEXT_RELEASE, feel free to reopen it if the problem is still broken in F7
against F7(as in comment #10 is written that it works for 4.3.0)