Hi, I'm typing this from my old slackware install. I connect on this installation using cu -l /dev/cua1 then negotiating my way through my ISP's login manually, then start pppd in another window, then quitting from cu. This worked fine whne this machine was a 486 and now works with a new motherboard & cpu.
I tried installing potato on the machine, and most things are going fine, except that sound isn't working on the new setup, and ppp won't work on it. I'm fairly sure that the serial conifg is OK, as I can get out with cu -l /dev/ttyS1, but when I try to start pppd, it complains about cu having the serial line and won't let it at it. As far as using pon, I get the following : Aug 4 19:16:00 castle kernel: PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation) Aug 4 19:16:00 castle kernel: PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright 199 5 Caldera, Inc. Aug 4 19:16:00 castle kernel: PPP line discipline registered. Aug 4 19:16:00 castle kernel: registered device ppp0 Aug 4 19:16:00 castle pppd[620]: pppd 2.3.8 started by robert, uid 1000 Aug 4 19:16:01 castle chat[621]: abort on (BUSY) Aug 4 19:16:01 castle chat[621]: abort on (NO CARRIER) Aug 4 19:16:01 castle chat[621]: abort on (VOICE) Aug 4 19:16:01 castle chat[621]: abort on (NO DIALTONE) Aug 4 19:16:01 castle chat[621]: abort on (NO DIAL TONE) Aug 4 19:16:01 castle chat[621]: abort on (NO ANSWER) Aug 4 19:16:01 castle chat[621]: send (ATZ^M) Aug 4 19:16:01 castle chat[621]: expect (OK) Aug 4 19:16:46 castle chat[621]: alarm Aug 4 19:16:46 castle chat[621]: send (AT^M) Aug 4 19:16:46 castle chat[621]: expect (OK) Aug 4 19:17:31 castle chat[621]: alarm Aug 4 19:17:31 castle chat[621]: Failed Aug 4 19:17:32 castle pppd[620]: Exit. Aug 4 19:18:00 castle kernel: PPP: ppp line discipline successfully unregistere One thing that concerned me was that the kernel messages from dmesg don't mention the ppp0 device as happens on a working debian ppp machine I've seen. The relevant part of dmesg looks like this .... PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling) PPP line discipline registered. and that's it. What is happening? ppp is a kernel module and the same problem happens with kernels 2.0.36 and 2.2.10 (from the debian packages) Help! ---- Robert King, Australian Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Australia 3875 6677 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ens.gu.edu.au/robertk/ statistician (n.) someone who can draw a mathematically precise line from an unwarranted assumption to a foregone conclusion. [anon.]