Probably due to pppd on Debian being configured to do the dialling itself. I
was bitten by this a few years ago. You need to specify some option such as
nodial in the pppd config files (can't remember them offhand ...)
The "bump" is caused by pppd trying to initialise the modem device, and
failing ...
Hope this helps ...
Proinnsias
> -----Original Message-----
>> Have any of you who got a Linuxcare BBC CD tried to connect to an ISP with
> it yet ? I just tried the other day (my boot drive was giving me gip, and
> I
> needed to read my email) and had no joy. I copied the /etc/wvdial.conf and
> /etc/ppp which I use every day, and wvdial connects OK but then says the
> pppd has exited with error 1, and that I should look in the logs. As the
> BBC
> doesn't run to a syslog, this is a bit difficult. As one of the major
> practical changes planned for the ILUG BBC CD is ready configuration for
> the
> Irish ISPs, this is a bit of a setback :-)
>
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