Everything seems to work fine on this new install of SuSE professional 9.2 - except.... Dial up will not work. I installed a specifically linux compatible modem. It shows up as configured in Yast, and the Kinternet icon is in the system tray. When I click the icon it momentarily shows a little connecting graphic then returns to normal. The log output shows: Status is: disconnected trying to connect to smpppd connect to smppd Status is: disconnected Status is: connecting Status is: disconnected pppd[0] died: pppd options error (exit code 2) The pppd man pages say that the exit code 2 is "An error was detected in processing the options given such as two mutually exclusive options." I've checked the modem configuration options, and they appear to be fine. Are there options to be set in a config file for pppd? All comments are appreciated, Regis Matejcik
On Tuesday 28 June 2005 18:07, Regis Matejcik wrote: <...>
The pppd man pages say that the exit code 2 is "An error was detected in processing the options given such as two mutually exclusive options."
Been there, done that, got the scars to prove it :-(
I've checked the modem configuration options, and they appear to be fine. Are there options to be set in a config file for pppd? Yes. Post:
/etc/ppp/options /etc/ppp/peers/kppp # I had to make this my self, YAST didn't. /etc/ppp/peers/ppp.roach # Obviously your username will be on the end. Then we can tell what's missing. IIRC I had that error message because /etc/ppp/options had "lock" in it. Comment it out and see if that helps. <...> Try installing KPPP as well. You can get better control that way. I had a lot of trouble with KInternet. I still haven't gotten rid of all my dialup problem though. I can always connect on the second attempt, but never on the first. I think it may be a problem with loading /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.2/passwordfd.so too slowly. Hope this helps. -- Robert "roach" Spencer Pietermaritzburg South Africa
On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 11:07:30AM -0500, Regis Matejcik wrote:
Everything seems to work fine on this new install of SuSE professional 9.2 - except....
Dial up will not work. I installed a specifically linux compatible modem. It shows up as configured in Yast, and the Kinternet icon is in the system tray.
When I click the icon it momentarily shows a little connecting graphic then returns to normal. The log output shows:
Status is: disconnected trying to connect to smpppd connect to smppd Status is: disconnected Status is: connecting Status is: disconnected pppd[0] died: pppd options error (exit code 2)
Set "debug = on" in /etc/smpppd.conf and restart the smpppd. The log will then show all options passed to the pppd including where it comes from (filename or command-line). Also look in /var/log/messages. What kind of modem is that? What driver does it use? ciao Arvin
On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 11:07:30AM -0500, Regis Matejcik wrote:
Everything seems to work fine on this new install of SuSE professional 9.2 - except....
Dial up will not work. I installed a specifically linux compatible modem. It shows up as configured in Yast, and the Kinternet icon is in the system tray.
When I click the icon it momentarily shows a little connecting graphic then returns to normal. The log output shows:
Status is: disconnected trying to connect to smpppd connect to smppd Status is: disconnected Status is: connecting Status is: disconnected pppd[0] died: pppd options error (exit code 2)
I have setup a number of dial-up internet connections for my friends. There can be problems with the modem connecting to the ISP at a too high baud rate and then disconnecting immediately. A better explanation is that when the modem negotiates a baud rate with the ISP it does a test to see what is the highest baud rate it can connect at. Depending on the modem and the line quality the negotiated result may be too high for the link to be maintained and promply disconnects. To see if this is your problem, try setting the line modulation to a lower speed and retry connecting. ATF is one command but AT+MS is the best to use. AT+MS=<mod>,<automode>, <min-rate>, <max-rate> e.g to restrict the maximum carrier speed 48000 bit/s use the following AT+MS=56,1,300,48000 To see what the modem is set to use AT+MS? I suggest you find out what speed the modem is trying to connect at and drop the speed down by 2000 using the above command and keep dropping the speed until you establish the upper limit which your modem will connect properly at. Good Luck! -- Regards, Graham Smith
On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 23:10 +1000, Graham Smith wrote:
On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 11:07:30AM -0500, Regis Matejcik wrote:
Everything seems to work fine on this new install of SuSE professional 9.2 - except....
Dial up will not work. I installed a specifically linux compatible modem. It shows up as configured in Yast, and the Kinternet icon is in the system tray.
When I click the icon it momentarily shows a little connecting graphic then returns to normal. The log output shows:
Status is: disconnected trying to connect to smpppd connect to smppd Status is: disconnected Status is: connecting Status is: disconnected pppd[0] died: pppd options error (exit code 2)
I have setup a number of dial-up internet connections for my friends. There can be problems with the modem connecting to the ISP at a too high baud rate and then disconnecting immediately.
A better explanation is that when the modem negotiates a baud rate with the ISP it does a test to see what is the highest baud rate it can connect at. Depending on the modem and the line quality the negotiated result may be too high for the link to be maintained and promply disconnects.
To see if this is your problem, try setting the line modulation to a lower speed and retry connecting. ATF is one command but AT+MS is the best to use.
AT+MS=<mod>,<automode>, <min-rate>, <max-rate>
e.g to restrict the maximum carrier speed 48000 bit/s use the following AT+MS=56,1,300,48000
To see what the modem is set to use AT+MS?
I suggest you find out what speed the modem is trying to connect at and drop the speed down by 2000 using the above command and keep dropping the speed until you establish the upper limit which your modem will connect properly at.
Good Luck! -- Regards,
Graham Smith
Grahm, Thanks for the suggestion. At this point though, it doesn't seem that the modem is even dialing. It doesn't seem to respond at all. I think that the drivers are possibly incorrect. Reading the readme file for the modem drivers indicates that they're for a 2.4 kernel. I searched for an updated driver (slmdm-2.7 is the packaged driver), even found one written specifically for SuSE - but unfortunately 9.0. Could you possibly suggest a modem / driver combo known to work with SuSE 9.2? Thanks, Regis Matejcik
On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 01:48, Regis Matejcik wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion. At this point though, it doesn't seem that the modem is even dialing. It doesn't seem to respond at all. I think that the drivers are possibly incorrect. Reading the readme file for the modem drivers indicates that they're for a 2.4 kernel. I searched for an updated driver (slmdm-2.7 is the packaged driver), even found one written specifically for SuSE - but unfortunately 9.0.
Could you possibly suggest a modem / driver combo known to work with SuSE 9.2?
Sorry I was not following the thread and jumped in when I saw your last post. Firstly I would never recommend a winmodem on my darkest enemy, they are more trouble than they are worth. I'm running SuSE 9.3 and notice that SuSE provides slmdm version 2.9.10-8 with the distribution. The package doesn't appear to be on the SuSE ftp site for either 9.2 or 9.3. So I really can't help you as previously stated I avoid Winmodems. Have you considered purchasing an external serial modem, they just work and you can see what they are doing. -- Regards, Graham Smith
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Thanks for the suggestion. At this point though, it doesn't seem that the modem is even dialing. It doesn't seem to respond at all. I think that the drivers are possibly incorrect. Reading the readme file for the modem drivers indicates that they're for a 2.4 kernel. I searched for an updated driver (slmdm-2.7 is the packaged driver), even found one written specifically for SuSE - but unfortunately 9.0.
Could you possibly suggest a modem / driver combo known to work with SuSE 9.2?
Before jumping on that wagon, you have to see the error log of the attempted connection, with debug info enabled, as has been pointed out on this thread. If you do want to switch your modem, do so to a _real_ modem. Real modems need no drivers at all. Most of them are external, serial port, units. - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFCw+XStTMYHG2NR9URAuS2AJ9Ylf3WWUq/shR/CtA+HHLEYCM8rQCgjDv5 aFEKXv8v/5aDdDn7xzzqvJ8= =awyQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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