On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Matt Spong wrote:
> Hi
>
> I was waiting for the release of 2.4.0-test6 to see if this problem was
> fixed, but I didn't see it in the release notes.
>
> Anyway, I'm having problems with PPP on test5. When I try to connect, pppd
> hangs after it appears to have made the connection (in /var/log/messages).
> ifconfig doesn't show ppp0, and after maybe 30 seconds it disconnects and
> tries to dial again. It works fine in 2.3.40 (the last version I was
> using before upgrading to 2.4.0-test5 the other day).
>
> When it finally gives up and disconnects, I get these entries in
> /var/log/messages:
>
> Aug 9 20:12:25 deadzone pppd[887]: Serial connection established.
> Aug 9 20:12:25 deadzone pppd[887]: Using interface ppp0
> Aug 9 20:12:25 deadzone pppd[887]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
> Aug 9 20:12:56 deadzone pppd[887]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
> Aug 9 20:12:56 deadzone pppd[887]: Connection terminated.
> Aug 9 20:12:56 deadzone pppd[887]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
> Aug 9 20:12:56 deadzone pppd[887]: Exit.
>
> I'm using pppd version 2.3.10.
I didn't have any coffee today, but I think you need the 2.4.0 version of
pppd. Look at the CHANGES file.
Also with RH, ppp-watch could be a major pain in the ass. I've modified
the script of one of my client's machines so that ppp-watch isn't used
anymore.
Igmar
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