Hi Friends,

I have found various posts relating to E220 setup with wvdial but none specifically address my error?? received.

The PC in question runs Hardy 8.04

Here is the message recieved when I run "wvdial" in konsole. It looks fine to me but still I cannot connect?

--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDT*99#
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT*99#
CONNECT
--> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
--> Starting pppd at Fri Apr 10 16:49:25 2009
--> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied
--> --> PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) may be flaky.
--> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: Permission denied
--> --> CHAP (Challenge Handshake) may be flaky.
--> Pid of pppd: 9078
--> Using interface ppp0
--> pppd: `�[06][08]`�[06][08][10]�[06][08]
--> pppd: `�[06][08]`�[06][08][10]�[06][08]
--> pppd: `�[06][08]`�[06][08][10]�[06][08]
--> pppd: `�[06][08]`�[06][08][10]�[06][08]
--> pppd: `�[06][08]`�[06][08][10]�[06][08]
--> pppd: `�[06][08]`�[06][08][10]�[06][08]
--> Disconnecting at Fri Apr 10 16:50:03 2009
--> The PPP daemon has died: A modem hung up the phone (exit code = 16)
--> man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail.
--> Try again and look into /var/log/messages and the wvdial and pppd man pages for more information.
--> Auto Reconnect will be attempted in 160 seconds
--> Cannot get information for serial port.
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Modem initialized.

I would appreciate any help in this regard......

At last I was able to connect via Huawei E220 modem.

The followings was changes I made.

- Updated Firmware via Web.
- Inserted a new sim card with additional airtime. (I was not sure if the old sim was faulty)
- Installed Ubuntu 9.04, the modem was auto detected, selected service provider and "voila".

I wish this was possible in Kubutu but can not afford to keep on struggling with this issue.