Re: gprs through usb mobile phone - i386 works / amd64 not

[Stephen Borrill <netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost>]

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008, Cem Kayali wrote:
> I have a mobile phone (modem) and i was able to connect to gprs network 
> through KDE's kppp dialup tool (on NetBSD 4.99.5X i386) such that:
>
> Modem device: /dev/ttyU0 or /dev/ttyU1
> Flow control: Software
> Line term: CR/LF
> /etc/ppp/options: noauth
>
> Now, i am trying same configuration (on NetBSD 4.99.69 amd64) and it even 
> does not query modem, window is closed once i click on 'query modem' option.

This is probably a kde issue. How about using tip to connect directly to 
the serial device and sending it AT commands to check for connectivity?

If connectivity is fine, you could always fall back to using pppd/chat 
instead of kppp.

--
Stephen