Phil,
Try setting start-pppd-timeout to a value greater than 60 seconds. Also make
sure that your pppd options are specified in the diald.conf file not the
ppp.options (see the diald man page).
Bob...
Phil Cogan wrote:
> Please help me, a poor village idiot, figure out why pppd won't start
> with diald when I have no trouble making pppd work when I call from the
> command line?
>
> I have sent along the logs that are written when I try. You see I can
> login to my ISP without a problem. It is only when diald tries to start
> pppd that I hit a wall.
>
> Any suggestions will be appreciated and rewarded with adulation!
> Thanks
> Phil Cogan
>
> /var/log/messages
> Apr 29 09:00:22 gate diald[1044]: Running connect (pid = 1049).
> Apr 29 09:00:23 gate connect: Initializing Modem
> Apr 29 09:00:23 gate connect: Dialing 6849215
> Apr 29 09:00:46 gate connect: chat: Apr 29 09:00:46 CONNECT
> 45333/ARQ/V90/LAPM/V42BIS
> Apr 29 09:00:46 gate connect: Loggin in
> Apr 29 09:00:49 gate connect: Protocol started
> Apr 29 09:00:49 gate diald[1044]: Running pppd (pid = 1062).
> Apr 29 09:00:50 gate modprobe: can't locate module char-major-108
> Apr 29 09:00:50 gate pppd[1062]: pppd 2.3.10 started by root, uid 0
> Apr 29 09:01:49 gate diald[1044]: pppd startup timed out. Check your
> pppd options. Killing pppd.
>
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