pppd keeps receiving a (SIGHUP) (exit code = 16) and drops. I get dropped as quick as 30 seconds, and CANNOT get past 59.4 minutes, EVER. I'm using 8.1 with KDE 3.1.1, with a U.S. Robotics 56K Performance Pro V.92 PCI modem, which is fully supported (modem drivers are in kernel 2.3 and higher). I manually start/stop my connection with WVDial or KInternet. I rewired the phone line, put the modem in a new slot, removed nearby electrical equipment, contacted the ISP, tested on 3 different phone networks, used wvdialconf to setup the modem, added additional codes to the init string when the wvdialconf string didn't fix the problem, dropped my firewall, and the list goes on, and on. Then I remembered I still had a partition with WindozeME on it. Set up the modem in windoze. When I checked the configuration, I found the init string was different. I added two more codes to the string in windoze, and tested it out. - Strange thing - I started several small downloads (12M total), and let it run. I was able to download the files, then stayed idle for a total of 5 hours before my ISP dropped me!!! Tried it again in windoze (to see if I could do it again), this time with a 78M file. Again!!! 5 hours went by before my ISP dropped me, and before the whole file was downloaded, which meant no idle time. - Stranger thing - Great! (right?) So I booted into SuSE, changed the init string to the SAME one I had success with in windoze (because the previous one wvdialconf set didn't work). Then I tested it the same way I did in windoze. pppd received a (SIGHUP) at 33.1 minutes and died, and then again at 26.6 minutes and died. Afterward, I tried it again in windoze, and got the same 5 hours before my ISP dumped me. WHY does it work it in windoze and not SuSE?????????? And HOW can I fix this problem????????? I can talk to my ISP, or even change ISP's, about the 5 hour dump from them. BUT, I have no idea how to fix what is going on with the (SIGHUP) in linux, and there's no problem in Windoze!?!?!? Oh Please Help Me!!!!! ***/var/log/messages: Sep 1 23:20:38 linux pppd[3540]: Plugin passwordfd.so loaded. Sep 1 23:20:38 linux pppd[3540]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Sep 1 23:20:38 linux pppd[3540]: Using interface ppp0 Sep 1 23:20:38 linux pppd[3540]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS4 Sep 1 23:20:41 linux pppd[3540]: local IP address xxxxxxxx Sep 1 23:20:41 linux pppd[3540]: remote IP address xxxxxxxxx Sep 1 23:20:41 linux pppd[3540]: primary DNS address xxxxxxxxx Sep 1 23:20:41 linux pppd[3540]: secondary DNS address xxxxxxxxx Sep 1 23:20:41 linux modify_resolvconf: Service pppd modified /etc/resolv.conf. See info block in this file Sep 1 23:20:41 linux pppd[3540]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid 3555), status = 0x0 Sep 1 23:41:49 linux -- MARK -- Sep 1 23:47:14 linux pppd[3540]: Hangup (SIGHUP) Sep 1 23:47:14 linux pppd[3540]: Modem hangup Sep 1 23:47:14 linux pppd[3540]: Connection terminated. Sep 1 23:47:14 linux pppd[3540]: Connect time 26.6 minutes. Sep 1 23:47:14 linux pppd[3540]: Sent 230818 bytes, received 6368141 bytes. Sep 1 23:47:14 linux modify_resolvconf: restored /etc/resolv.conf.saved.by.pppd.ppp0 to /etc/resolv.conf Sep 1 23:47:14 linux pppd[3540]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-down finished (pid 3668), status = 0x0 Sep 1 23:47:14 linux pppd[3540]: Exit. ***wvdial output: --> pppd: Connect time 26.6 minutes. --> Disconnecting at Mon Sep 1 23:47:15 2003 --> The PPP daemon has died: A modem hung up the phone (exit code = 16) Oh PLEASE Help Me!!!!! Bernd -- "It is better to light a small candle, than to curse the darkness." Confucious