At 09:22 PM 9/16/1998 -0500, you wrote: >Kent West writes: >> I've got a minimal Debian > 2.0 system up and running (base install from >> the floppies and that's it). I've run pppconfig and told it to create a >> connection named "bub". I haven't found any documentation that tells me >> how to use this connection. > >'pon bub' . This is a bug in the pon man page. > >> I've figured out that if I just type pon the system tries to use the >> "provider" connection... > >This is the default, if pon is given no argument. This is pon: > >#!/bin/sh >/usr/sbin/pppd call ${1:-provider} > >> But if I type pon bub (which is what I would have thought would've used >> the "bub" connection), all that happens is the system thinks for a couple >> of seconds and then returns me to a prompt. > >Send me copies of /etc/chatscripts/bub, /etc/ppp/peers/bub, >/etc/ppp/pap-secrets if you are using PAP (munge the passwords) and the >output of the 'plog' command. >-- >John Hasler >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) >Dancing Horse Hill >Elmwood, WI
Here are the files (I wiped the drive and reinstalled and used the default of "provider" instead of "bub"; getting same results): /etc/chatscripts/provider ----------------------------------- ABORT BUSY ABORT "NO CARRIER" ABORT VOICE ABORT "NO DIALTONE" ABORT "NO ANSWER" "" ATZ OK ATDT6871 (it's a valid number; I'm on campus) CONNECT \d\c /etc/ppp/peers/provider --------------------------------- #This file was generated by pppconfig. You can edit blah blah blah #more blah blah noauth #pppconfig_noauth connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/provider" #pppconfig_connect debug #pppconfig_debug /dev/ttyS1 #pppconfig_dev 115200 #pppconfig_speed defaultroute #pppconfig_route noipdefault #pppconfig_ipdefault user westk #pppconfic_user #End of pppconfig blah blah blah /etc/ppp/pap-secrets (just the un-commented lines ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * molec3 "" * guest molec3 "*" - master molec3 "*" - root molec3 "*" - support molec3 "*" - stats molec3 "*" - molec3 * password westk * <munged password> output of plog (now this is something new to me; interesting...) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- <date-time> <comp. name> chat[144]: abort on (NO CARRIER) " " " abort on (VOICE) " " " abort on (NO DIALTONE) " " " abort on (NO ANSWER) " " " send (ATZ^M) " " " expect (OK) " " " alarm " " " Failed " " pppd[143] Connect script failed " " pppd[143] Exit. Thanks for any help! =========================================================== Kent West | Technology Support/ | Abilene Christian University | Voice: 915-674-2557 FAX: 915.674.6724 | ACU Station, Box 29005 | E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Abilene, TX 79699-9005 | Ham: KC5ENO, General | ===========================================================