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 = *
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
strange, strange
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?
Ooh, nice. We _don't_ need wvdial except for backward compatibility. Fixing my config accordingly.
well, it is guessing login procedures... (stupid mode)
hmm... works for me... # wvdial GPRS
# wvdial GPRS --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0 --> Initializing modem. --> Sending: ATZ with your /etc/wvdial.conf....
Created attachment 126897 [details] my wvdial.conf
Created attachment 126898 [details] strace of wvdial failing
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
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)