Re: [Sheflug] PPP taking two calls to get going.

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

Alex Hudson wrote:
> 
> Sounds like you could have a problem in conf.modules, or in your ifup
> script. Certainly, your /var/log/messages output looks dodgy; did you mess
> with it?? 

 Erm, I confess, I`m such a master at this Linux thing I can even screw up a
cut/paste :-)


> ...and ~30secs for a
> connection seems an awful long time, but not out of the realms of
> possibility I guess.

 From the time I get ppp to dial to full connection is 30 secs on the mark,
everytime.

> You also seem to have two versions of pppd on your
> system - is that normal, my eyes, or more cutting and pasting?

 I`m not sure about that one...kernel ppp is 2.3.7. I built ppp into my kernel.
 But where is 2.3.10 coming from?

Aug 13 17:04:41 localhost kernel: PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling) 
Aug 13 17:05:10 localhost pppd[13855]: pppd 2.3.10 started by root, uid 0

 How do I sort this?


> Certainly,
> your script is reporting starting two pppd's ;) As I don't use pppd
> (directly ;), I'm not familiar with it's output: it looks a little suspect
> to me, but it could be normal. Worth checking, anyhow. Is it possible you
> upgraded pppd manually, and botched it? I'd check for that, and also the
> configuration of your modules.conf / conf.modules.
> 
 I bring the connection up with the Gnome Applet most of the time which calls
 /usr/sbin/usernetctl ppp0 up and /usr/sbin/usernetctl ppp0 down, or (rarely)
ifup.
 I`m trying to get MasqDialer running as well, so my folks can dial out thro my
machine.

Here`s my /etc/conf.modules:


alias eth0 ne2k-pci 
alias sound sb 
pre-install sound /sbin/insmod sound dmabuf=1 
options opl3 io=0x388 
alias midi awe_wave 
post-install awe_wave /bin/sfxload /etc/midi/GU11-ROM.SF2 
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330 

 

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