[ILUG] RedHat PPP dialler mystery

[Dave Neary]

Hi all,

Now that I'm actually at home, I have an update that may interest
some of you and give more info on the little problem I've been
happing with the RedHat PPP dialler in GNOME.

The relevant sections of /var/log/messages are below - at the end
I get IP addresses, etc. I've just noticed that the first time it 
has two lines in the initial call to ifup-ppp - namely...
May 28 21:50:18 localhost kernel: PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand
dialling)
May 28 21:50:18 localhost kernel: PPP line discipline registered.

Anyone know if that'd make a difference? I've also noticed that
wvDial isn't used at all by the KDE dialler, which implies that
this is a problem with wvDial only. The only other difference is
that when Anne starts pppd, it's started by the user anne. When I
start it, it's started (via ifup-ppp) by root.

Any ideas?

Cheers,
Dave.

Ps. The relevant section (to prove I'm not mad) in /var/log/messages
is below...

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May 28 21:50:20 localhost WvDial: OK
May 28 21:50:20 localhost WvDial: Modem initialized.
May 28 21:50:20 localhost WvDial: Sending: ATDT 2171101
May 28 21:50:20 localhost WvDial: Waiting for carrier.
May 28 21:50:20 localhost WvDial: ATDT 2171101
May 28 21:50:45 localhost WvDial: CONNECT
45333/ARQ/V90/LAPM/V42BIS
May 28 21:50:45 localhost WvDial: Carrier detected.  Starting PPP
immediately.
May 28 21:50:45 localhost pppd[891]: Serial connection
established.
May 28 21:50:45 localhost pppd[891]: Using interface ppp0
May 28 21:50:45 localhost pppd[891]: Connect: ppp0 <-->
/dev/ttyS0
May 28 21:50:46 localhost pppd[891]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
May 28 21:50:46 localhost pppd[891]: Connection terminated.
May 28 21:50:46 localhost pppd[891]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
May 28 21:50:46 localhost pppd[891]: Exit.
... and second try...

May 28 21:50:50 localhost WvDial: Initializing modem.
May 28 21:50:50 localhost WvDial: Sending: ATZ
May 28 21:50:50 localhost WvDial: ATZ
May 28 21:50:50 localhost WvDial: OK
May 28 21:50:50 localhost WvDial: Modem initialized.
May 28 21:50:50 localhost WvDial: Sending: ATDT 2171101
May 28 21:50:50 localhost WvDial: Waiting for carrier.
May 28 21:50:51 localhost WvDial: ATDT 2171101
May 28 21:51:15 localhost WvDial: CONNECT
45333/ARQ/V90/LAPM/V42BIS
May 28 21:51:15 localhost WvDial: Carrier detected.  Starting PPP
immediately.
May 28 21:51:15 localhost pppd[904]: Serial connection
established.
May 28 21:51:15 localhost pppd[904]: Using interface ppp0
May 28 21:51:15 localhost pppd[904]: Connect: ppp0 <-->
/dev/ttyS0
May 28 21:51:20 localhost kernel: PPP BSD Compression module
registered
May 28 21:51:20 localhost kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module
registered


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