FC3 fail to activate (modem) with error 2

[Fedora Q]

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:40:49 +0100
From: Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org>
Subject: Re: FC3 fail to activate (modem) with error 2
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
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Am Do, den 10.03.2005 schrieb Fedora Q um 15:22:

> Biggest problem is the modem. It all looks the same but maybe I've neglected to tick/untick something. 
> When I ask it to activate modem (ppp0) it doesn't even start to dial just flicks up message saying that 
> it "fail to activate XXX with error 2".  
> 
> Cannot find mention of "error 2" with regard to modem activation in previous threads.

Your modem is an external one or internal? 

Sorry, forgot to mention it's an external 56kbps Hayes-type connected to computer via serial port

Regards
johnno