Running gnome-ppp or wvdial as an unprivileged user dies with the error: "Cannot set information for serial port". I've checked permissions and ownership of /dev/tts/1 (via /dev/ttyS1) , /var/lock , /etc/resolv.conf , and /etc/ppp/* The problem has been compounded because the previous (correctly working) versions of wvdial and wvstream have had theit e-builds removed. The problem originates in a call to ioctl in wvmodem.cc in the wvstream package. I dont know enough C to find the actual error which is not being reported. Running wvdial manually as root works vor very inconvenient values of work. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge gnome-ppp 2. add user to groups uucp and dialout 3. verify group dialout can write to /etc/wvdial.conf, /etc/ppp/chap-secrets , /etc/ppp/pap-secrets , and the serial port at /dev/tts/1 4. verify group uucp can write to /var/lock 5. setup gnome-ppp: I have an analogue dialup modem on /dev/ttyS1. This appears to setup ~/.wvdial.conf which appears to be a valid wvdial.conf file 6. try to connect using gnome-ppp with log window open : result is error 7. try to run wvdial --config ~/.wvdial.conf : result is error 8. su - to root. run wvdial --config ~steveg/.wvdial.conf : success Actual Results: --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0 --> Cannot open /dev/ttyS1: Cannot set information for serial port. --> Cannot open /dev/ttyS1: Cannot set information for serial port. --> Cannot open /dev/ttyS1: Cannot set information for serial port. (from the command line invocation of wvdial) Expected Results: Connected to my internet provider. This is going to be an in-your-face major show stopper for a non-technical user. wvdial-1.53-r1 with wvstreams-3.70-r2 worked correctly. Portage 2.0.51-r15 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.5, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 i686 Celeron (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Jan 29 2005, 04:05:11)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r2, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.7.9, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.21-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=pentium3 -mfpmath=sse -mieee-fp -mmmx -msse -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=pentium3 -mfpmath=sse -mieee-fp -mmmx -msse -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://gentoo.ccccom.com http://gentoo.scphost.com ftp://gentoo.netnitco.net/pub/mirrors/gentoo/source/ http://www.gigaload.org/gentoo.org/ ftp://ftp.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/GENTOO" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.au.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apache2 apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo cdr crypt cups curl dvd encode esd f77 fam fftw font-server foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imagemagick imlib java jpeg junit libg++ libwww mad mbox mikmod mmap mmx motif mpeg ncurses nls opengl pam pda pdflib perl pic png python quicktime readline sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb vim-with-x xml xml2 xmms xv zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Problem still present in latest update: net-dialup/gnome-ppp-0.3.19 net-libs/wvstreams-4.0.1
Your virtual/os-headers is wrong. You should install linux26-headers, not linux-headers. Correct that and re-build glibc, wvstreams, gnome-ppp and wvdial. Please report here your results.
unmerged linux-headers emerged linux26-headers emerged wvstreams emerged wvdial emerged gnome-ppp tested gnome-ppp - FAILED
I've told you to reemerge following: - glibc - wvstreams - gnome-ppp Your test is not conclusive.
Ah ... my fumble fingers ... add an "emerge glibc" between emerge "linux26-headers" and "emerge wvstreams".
fixed by net-libs/wvstreams-4.0.1-r1
Fix confirmed.
