I am trying to get wvdial setup for dialing into work. I dont need it to dial on demand
so I figured this was the easiest way to go. I guess easiest might not be
the term :)....
Here is the output from wvdial:
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CONNECT 24000/ARQ/MNP/COMPRESSION: NONE
--> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
--> Starting pppd at Tue Mar 27 09:14:23 2001
--> pid of pppd: 338
--> Disconnecting at Tue Mar 27 09:14:23 2001
--> The PPP daemon has died: Fatal pppd error (exit code = 1)
--> man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail.
--> Try again and look into /var/log/messages and the wvdial and pppd
--> man pages for more information.
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So I go check /var/log/messages and find
u need to upgrad to pppd 2.4 >
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:36:35 -0600
"NOC - Kulish Consulting"
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Mar 27 09:14:23 shire pppd[338]: Plugin
/usr/lib/passwordfd.so loaded.
Mar 27 09:14:23 shire pppd[338]: pppd
2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
Mar 27 09:14:23 shire pppd[338]: Perms of
/dev/ttyS1 are ok, no 'mesg n'
neccesa
ry.
Mar 27 09:14:23 shire modprobe: Note:
/etc/modules.conf is more recent than
/lib
/modules/2.4.2/modules.dep
Mar 27 09:14:23 shire modprobe: modprobe:
Can't locate module tty-ldisc-3
Mar 27 09:14:23 shire pppd[338]:
ioctl(TIOCSETD): Invalid argument(22)
Mar 27 09:14:23 shire pppd[338]: Exit.
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After looking at that, I figured I better
take a look at modules.conf to
see whats whats there:
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alias iso9660 isofs
alias tty-ldisc-1 slip
alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp
alias tty-ldisc-5 mkiss
# alias tty-ldisc-7 6pack
alias tty-ldisc-7 off
# IrDA
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After this I checked in
/lib/modules/2.4.2/kernel/drivers/net:
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. .. bsd_comp.o dummy.o ppp_async.o
ppp_deflate.o ppp_synctty.o
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Now I checked the manpage for pppd:
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1 An immediately fatal error of some kind
occurred,
such as an essential system call failing,
or run
ning out of virtual memory.
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I dont see my ppp.o module, so I am
assuming that this is the issue. So I
do a search for ppp.o and come up with
nothing. I assume that my alias
line in modules.conf is incorrect (alias
tty=ldisk-3 ppp). Finally, my
question. Do I need to alias that to
ppp_async.o, ppp_deflate.o, or
ppp_synctty.o?? Or none of those?
Am I completelly off track here?
Sorry about the long message. If you guys
(and gals) need any more info,
let me know.
This is on SuSE 7.0 kernel 2.4.2 if that
matters.
Thanks!
CK
-- SuSe 7.0 Linux 2.4.2 i686 Tue Mar 27 21:05:00 EST 2001