Re: Re [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-09-10 Thread John Rye
"Stephen F. Bosch" wrote: > > "D. R. Evans" wrote: > > > If I kill the script-based bit, then I never get to the PAP. BOTH are > > necessary, which does seem faintly ridiculous. But perhaps not without > > precedent; this is, after all, USWest. > > > > (Maybe this whole thing has something to do

Re: Re [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-09-10 Thread Stephen F. Bosch
"D. R. Evans" wrote: > If I kill the script-based bit, then I never get to the PAP. BOTH are > necessary, which does seem faintly ridiculous. But perhaps not without > precedent; this is, after all, USWest. > > (Maybe this whole thing has something to do with the takeover, since they > are now Q

Re: Re [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-09-05 Thread Anton Graham
Submitted 04-Sep-00 by D. R. Evans: > > No. It accepts the script based login just fine. It then changes gears to > PAP. Most bizaare. > (Maybe this whole thing has something to do with the takeover, since they > are now QWest. ^ That being the case, it may be time to shop for

Re: Re [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-09-04 Thread D. R. Evans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 4 Sep 00, at 11:35, Anton Graham wrote: > > One also wonders what is the point of bothering with PAP, since I've > > already sent exactly the same information via the terminal script. > > Because it's (apparently) throwing out the script based

Re: Re [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-09-04 Thread Anton Graham
Submitted 04-Sep-00 by D. R. Evans: > The geniuses at USWest added PAP authentication after the ordinary logon > script. In other words, you have to go through the old logon sequence and > then do a PAP dance that was never necessary before. > > Now why couldn't they have told me that instead o

Re [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-09-04 Thread D. R. Evans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Found it!! The geniuses at USWest added PAP authentication after the ordinary logon script. In other words, you have to go through the old logon sequence and then do a PAP dance that was never necessary before. Now why couldn't they have told me t

Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-09-01 Thread D. R. Evans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 1 Sep 00, at 10:56, Pierre Fortin wrote: > I wrote: > > > > Hi Stephen, > > > > Today, I looked into a similar problem with my brother-in-law's machine... he > > just moved his office out of the house and into a real office. > > > > Looking in

Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-09-01 Thread Pierre Fortin
> > And again -- *why* does it work when you dial with kppp? I think the answer > > resides elsewhere... > > > > -Stephen- > > > > ----- Original Message - > > From: D. R. Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesd

Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-09-01 Thread Stephen Bosch
Hey... this sounds like it could be it -- where are the timer settings, and why wouldn't it be setting the timer? -Stephen- Pierre Fortin wrote: > Looking into the problem (before I saw this thread), it appears the problem is > due to a timer popping early. Looking at the log of a successful

Re [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-09-01 Thread Mallard
Bring up a console window, type man pppd Maybe set 'crtscts' or 'cdtrcts' or check if it is set wrong Check the idle variable, mabe it's just timing out? Not sure how you set up pppd to run, you may not have all the variables set right.

Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-08-31 Thread Pierre Fortin
gt; > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 5:43 PM > Subject: Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 28 Aug 00, at 20:05, Anton Graham wrote: > > > &

Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-08-31 Thread Stephen Bosch
ephen- - Original Message - From: D. R. Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 28 Aug 00, at 20:05, Anton Graham

Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-08-30 Thread D. R. Evans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 28 Aug 00, at 20:05, Anton Graham wrote: > Submitted 28-Aug-00 by Stephen Bosch: > > > And again -- that SIGHUP is damn peculiar -- who is sending it? > > I suspect that that is modem generated. Every modem i have ever owned > generates a SIGHU

Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-08-29 Thread D. R. Evans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I suppose before I give up entirely on the bozos at USWest, I should ask if anyone else in the Denver area is reading this and uses USWest as their ISP. If so, please e-mail me privately if you're interested in sharing your ppp configuration. Do

Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-08-29 Thread D. R. Evans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Do this make you want to laugh or to cry? I am now fairly sure that the fault is indeed with USWest/Qwest/whatever-the-dolts- want-to-call-themselves-today. I found another entity that runs PPP (a bunsiness, not an ISP) and I have no trouble connec

Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-08-28 Thread Anton Graham
Submitted 28-Aug-00 by Stephen Bosch: > And again -- that SIGHUP is damn peculiar -- who is sending it? I suspect that that is modem generated. Every modem i have ever owned generates a SIGHUP when the other end hangs up on it. -- Anton GrahamGPG ID: 0x18F78541 <[E

Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-08-28 Thread D. R. Evans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 29 Aug 00, at 7:50, Andrew George wrote: > Ok Obvious questions No question is too obvious for me to fail to think of it. In this case, however: > Did you change anything shortly before it went ga-ga? No. > have you checked permissions on

Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-08-28 Thread Asheesh Laroia
Quick question about the SIGHUP: Only root can send signals to root processes, right? So, reboot in single-user mode, then try pppd. See if it still gets the SIGHUP. I mean, if there are no other programs, it *should* work, right? There are no programs ('cept the kernel!) to give it the SIGHU

Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-08-28 Thread Andrew George
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Stephen Bosch wrote: > Hi, Doc: > > > 3. The command line I'm using (to get rid of One More Variable -- kppp) > > looks like this: > > > > pppd connect 'chat -v "" ATDT3034427097 CONNECT "" name: n7dr word: > > ' /dev/modem 115200 debug crtscts defaultroute > > > > The above

Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-08-28 Thread Stephen Bosch
Hullo: > I have been doing some research. In general, ppp problems fall into four > broad areas: > > 1. physical installation of modem > wrong serial port, it's a winmodem, setserial config needed, IRQ > conflicts, pnp not set up, linmodem drivers not installed Modem works fine. It's been r

Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-08-28 Thread Stephen Bosch
Hi, Doc: > 3. The command line I'm using (to get rid of One More Variable -- kppp) > looks like this: > > pppd connect 'chat -v "" ATDT3034427097 CONNECT "" name: n7dr word: > ' /dev/modem 115200 debug crtscts defaultroute > > The above is all on one line, and seems to give exactly the same resul

Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-08-28 Thread D. R. Evans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 More info on the still-unsolved ppp problem (in the hope that a light will flash on over someone's head!): 1. The messages in the /var/log/messages file are completely reproducable. 2. After trying to bring up the link, ifconfig says: ppp0 Li

Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-08-28 Thread D. R. Evans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 28 Aug 00, at 12:56, Hoyt wrote: > > 1. physical installation of modem > wrong serial port, it's a winmodem, setserial config needed, IRQ > conflicts, pnp not set up, linmodem drivers not installed > Nope. Modem works fine. I can talk to t

Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-08-28 Thread Hoyt
- Original Message - From: "Stephen Bosch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 11:23 AM Subject: Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly > My word... > > I have been having exactly this same problem, and this is after

Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-08-28 Thread Stephen Bosch
My word... I have been having exactly this same problem, and this is after a whole month of trouble-free operation... why is the damn thing dropping connections? I know this wasn't very helpful, but I want to add my name to the chorus. I expect to take another stab at this problem later in the w

Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-08-27 Thread D. R. Evans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Further to the pppd problem (I swore I'd had enough for today, but of course, I kept wanting to try One More Thing). a. I have now installed the very lastest ppp from rpmfind; the same still happens. b. The failure occurs regardless of whether I a

Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly

2000-02-04 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Fredthere's a thread on this called "Kppp in Air" starting on Jan 21st. There's a bunch of suggestions for possible solutions in there to try out. Please let me know if any of them work as I'm still running 6.1 on my masquerade machine because of the same problem you're experiencing. Alan