Comment 0 for bug 12337

Package: wvdial
Version: 1.54.0-1.1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Hi,

I updated wvdial some days ago and cannot use my modems since then. One
of the modems is bluetooth device connected on /dev/rfcomm0. wvdial
gives:
wolfi@halley:~ $ wvdial
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0
--> Cannot open /dev/rfcomm0: Cannot get information for serial port.
--> Cannot open /dev/rfcomm0: Input/output error
--> Cannot open /dev/rfcomm0: Cannot get information for serial port.

In the syslog I see
Jan 28 10:58:00 halley kernel: rfcomm_tty_ioctl: TIOCGSERIAL is not supported

My other modem is connected by an usb-serial adapter and wvdial gives me
wolfi@halley:~ $ wvdial
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0
--> Cannot open /dev/ttyUSB0: Cannot get information for serial port.
--> Cannot open /dev/ttyUSB0: Cannot get information for serial port.
--> Cannot open /dev/ttyUSB0: Cannot get information for serial port.
syslog shows nothing.

Since I can connect fine using pon/poff, I guess the fault is in wvdial
or libwvstreams, since this is the major change in the last release.

With best regards,

Wolfi

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-wjq
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)

Versions of packages wvdial depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.5-0pre0 GCC support library
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-6 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libwvstreams4.0-base 4.0.1-1.2 C++ network libraries for rapid ap
ii libwvstreams4.0-extras 4.0.1-1.2 C++ network libraries for rapid ap
ii ppp 2.4.2+20040428-6 Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) daem

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