diff -u wvdial-1.55/debian/changelog wvdial-1.55/debian/changelog
--- wvdial-1.55/debian/changelog
+++ wvdial-1.55/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+wvdial (1.55-1ubuntu3) dapper; urgency=low
+
+  * create a empty /etc/wvdial.conf instead of probing the serial
+    ports (that caused many hangs during install). (ubuntu: #31272)
+
+ -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>  Tue,  4 Apr 2006 09:23:54 +0200
+
 wvdial (1.55-1ubuntu2) dapper; urgency=low
 
   * Make wvdialconf call in postinst more silent or it will spawn AT commands
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- wvdial-1.55.orig/debian/rules
+++ wvdial-1.55/debian/rules
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 		PPPDIR=`pwd`/debian/wvdial/etc/ppp/peers \
 		install-bin
 	cp debian/pon.wvdial debian/poff.wvdial debian/wvdial/usr/bin/
+	cp debian/wvdial.conf debian/wvdial/etc
 	dh_installdebconf
 	dh_installdocs
 	dh_installman
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- wvdial-1.55.orig/debian/wvdial.dirs
+++ wvdial-1.55/debian/wvdial.dirs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+etc/
 usr/bin
 usr/share/man
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- wvdial-1.55.orig/debian/wvdial.conf
+++ wvdial-1.55/debian/wvdial.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[Dialer Defaults]
+Phone = 
+Username = 
+Password = 
+Modem = /dev/modem
+New PPPD = yes