Re: GLUG: KPPP

[Paul Rahme <pgr@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I have just got hold of a RH6.2 CD and have decided
> to try and load it onto my machine. All went well, except
> that my kppp (which has worked for over a year under RH6.0)
> fails. The script executes and I am logged in, but then I am
> told pppd died unexpectedly and the line drops. /var/log/messages
> gives:

This is a long shot, but does your /etc/ppp/options file exist and is it empty?
I remember that being the problem with pppd dying unexpectedly & imeediately on
connection before, I think I clicked on "help" then looked at the FAQ for that
solution.

> May  3 17:55:01 visserver100 pppd[1259]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
> May  3 17:55:01 visserver100 pppd[1259]: Using interface ppp0
> May  3 17:55:01 visserver100 pppd[1259]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
> May  3 17:55:05 visserver100 pppd[1259]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
> May  3 17:55:05 visserver100 pppd[1259]: Modem hangup
> May  3 17:55:05 visserver100 pppd[1259]: Connection terminated.
> May  3 17:55:05 visserver100 pppd[1259]: Exit. 
> Both the RH control-panel ppp dialler and a manual connection
> work!

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