Start up WVDial, tell it bring connection up.  It brings the line up,
dials, pppd negotaites sucesfully.  Networking is fully functional, but the
WVDial window never realizes that the link is up and is always "waiting".

last few lines of /varlog/messages
Jan 23 23:43:50 localhost WvDial: Hmm... a prompt.  Sending "ppp".
Jan 23 23:43:50 localhost WvDial: ppp
Jan 23 23:43:50 localhost WvDial: Switching to PPP.
Jan 23 23:43:50 localhost WvDial: ~[7f]}#@!}!}!} }4}"}&} } } }
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Jan 23 23:43:50 localhost WvDial: PPP negotiation detected.
Jan 23 23:43:50 localhost pppd[1002]: Serial connection established.
Jan 23 23:43:50 localhost pppd[1002]: Using interface ppp0
Jan 23 23:43:50 localhost pppd[1002]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
Jan 23 23:43:57 localhost pppd[1002]: local  IP address 130.215.176.27
Jan 23 23:43:57 localhost pppd[1002]: remote IP address 130.215.24.46