The Wednesday 2004-06-30 at 14:00 +0200, I wrote:
When I run (as user) wvdial on a console on SuSE 9.1, with the same configuration files as in SuSE 8.2, I get these messages (the connection works):
--> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied --> --> PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) may be flaky. --> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: Permission denied --> --> CHAP (Challenge Handshake) may be flaky. --> pid of pppd: 6840 --> pppd: ovider --> Using interface ppp0 --> pppd: ovider --> pppd: ovider --> pppd: ovider .... --> Connected... Press Ctrl-C to disconnect --> pppd: ovider
And a lot more of those "ovider" in between. What on earth are those "ovider" things? :-?
I have noticed that at the same time that I get these on the wvdial terminal (hundreds of them, by the way): --> pppd: ovider --> pppd: ovider --> pppd: ovider the log get these other entries: Jul 15 20:49:24 nimrodel pppd[6100]: rcvd [Compressed data] 00 03 14 97 c7 0e ab 48 ... Jul 15 20:49:24 nimrodel pppd[6100]: sent [CCP ResetReq id=0x12] Jul 15 20:49:25 nimrodel pppd[6100]: rcvd [CCP ResetAck id=0x12] Jul 15 20:49:26 nimrodel pppd[6100]: rcvd [Compressed data] 00 03 ac 57 d9 ae a3 38 ... Jul 15 20:49:26 nimrodel pppd[6100]: sent [CCP ResetReq id=0x13] Jul 15 20:49:26 nimrodel pppd[6100]: rcvd [CCP ResetAck id=0x13] They are simultaneous. I have reason to believe that other people are getting different messages, like "modem" (I noticed this on a diferent, unrelated post on this list, perhaps). I think wvdial is trying to print some message, but there is some corruption or buffer overflow somewhere or something of the sort, and the wrong message gets printed. On a related note - what are those "ResetReq" the pppd daemon sends? Could that be related to the fact that the downloads are slower than in previous SuSE versions? I see the modem lights go off now and then, but can't say if at the same time as these reset things. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson