i get the same error on occasion, all i do is ps -aux | grep pppd then kill all PID's resulting and it works fine, sometimes i just try and restart pppd and it works just fine. It just a tweek thing is all, i think SuSE doesn't always completely close the program once the connection is lost. Just a guess though psalm69:/usr/local/src/cvs # ps -aux | grep pppd root 4677 0.0 0.1 3452 548 ? S Jun02 0:00 /usr/sbin/smpppd root 1869 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Jun04 0:00 [pppd <defunct>] root 2178 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Jun04 0:00 [pppd <defunct>] root 5476 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Jun06 0:00 [pppd <defunct>] root 10940 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Jun08 0:00 [pppd <defunct>] root 30626 0.0 0.2 1976 924 ? S 19:39 0:00 /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttySHCF0 115200 logfd 16 call ppp connect /usr/bin/wvdial --chat --no-syslog --config /var/run/smpppd/wvdial-tmp.conf smpppd ipcp-accept-local ipcp-accept-remote idle 300 defaultroute replacedefaultroute nodetach usepeerdns user en00103@ispy.com passwordfd 17 root 31135 0.0 0.1 1620 576 pts/1 R 19:49 0:00 grep pppd psalm69:/usr/local/src/cvs # see what i mean ??? -jnbek On Wednesday 11 June 2003 05:00, zentara wrote:

On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:02:33 -0700

Jerome Lyles wrote:

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Hello, What do I do to fix this?

SuSE Meta pppd (smpppd-ifcfg), Version 1.00 on orion. We are connecting. pppd: Plugin passwordfd.so loaded. pppd: --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.42 pppd: --> Initializing modem. pppd: --> Sending: ATZ pppd: --> Sending: ATQ0 pppd: ATZ pppd: OK pppd: --> Re-Sending: ATZ pppd: ATE0 pppd: OK pppd: --> stdin not read/write and $MODEM not set pppd: Connect script failed We are disconnected. pppd died: Connect script failed (exit code 8)

Sounds like the permissions on /usr/sbin/pppd are not set right. Can you run the above as root?

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On Wednesday 11 June 2003 19:04, John D Jones III wrote:

i get the same error on occasion, all i do is ps -aux | grep pppd then kill all PID's resulting

and it works fine, sometimes i just try and restart pppd and it works just fine. It just a tweek thing is all, i think SuSE doesn't always completely close the program once the connection is lost. Just a guess though psalm69:/usr/local/src/cvs # ps -aux | grep pppd root 4677 0.0 0.1 3452 548 ? S Jun02 0:00 /usr/sbin/smpppd root 1869 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Jun04 0:00 [pppd <defunct>] root 2178 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Jun04 0:00 [pppd <defunct>] root 5476 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Jun06 0:00 [pppd <defunct>] root 10940 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Jun08 0:00 [pppd <defunct>] root 30626 0.0 0.2 1976 924 ? S 19:39 0:00 /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttySHCF0 115200 logfd 16 call ppp connect /usr/bin/wvdial --chat --no-syslog --config /var/run/smpppd/wvdial-tmp.conf smpppd ipcp-accept-local ipcp-accept-remote idle 300 defaultroute replacedefaultroute nodetach usepeerdns user en00103@ispy.com passwordfd 17 root 31135 0.0 0.1 1620 576 pts/1 R 19:49 0:00 grep pppd psalm69:/usr/local/src/cvs # see what i mean ??? -jnbek

Hello John, It is a tweek thing. I rebooted the computer and that solved the problem. How do I restart pppd? How do you kill a PID? I'm sorry I don't know enough about this to see what you mean in your example. I assume your showing that the program wasn't completely closed when the connection was lost. But I don't see it. But I would like to. Anyway, this is where I am with the dialup logon: SuSE Meta pppd (smpppd-ifcfg), Version 1.00 on orion. We are disconnected. trying to connect to smpppd connect to smpppd We are disconnected. We are connecting. pppd: Plugin passwordfd.so loaded. pppd: --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.42 pppd: --> Initializing modem. pppd: --> Sending: ATZ pppd: OK pppd: --> Sending: AT Q0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 pppd: AT Q0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 pppd: OK pppd: --> Sending: ATM1 pppd: ATM1 pppd: OK pppd: --> Modem initialized. pppd: --> Sending: ATDT9304784 pppd: --> Waiting for carrier. pppd: ATDT9304784 pppd: CONNECT 31200 V42bis pppd: --> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt. pppd: CVX Access Switch. pppd: Access is restricted to authorized users only. pppd: login: pppd: --> Looks like a login prompt. pppd: --> Sending: jlyles pppd: jlyles pppd: --> Don't know what to do! Starting pppd and hoping for the best. pppd: Serial connection established. pppd: Using interface ppp0 pppd: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem pppd: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests pppd: Connection terminated. pppd: Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean: pppd: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0 pppd: Hangup (SIGHUP) We are disconnected. pppd died: PPP negotiation failed (exit code 10) What does this mean? What would cause this to happen? How can I correct it? Thanks, Jerome

On Thursday 12 June 2003 19:51, Mr and Mrs John D Jones III wrote:

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to kill a PID you take for example:

root 10940 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z

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Jun08 0:00 [pppd

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<defunct>]

the 2nd field, (10940) is the PID psalm69:/usr/local/src/cvs # kill 10940

kills the process.

now to restart pppd: I use Kinternet to connect, and it uses WvDial which uses pppd. you can manually start wvdial using a konsole with:

/usr/bin/wvdial

wvdial also uses pppd.

now to configure wvdial: /usr/bin/wvdialconf

type: man wvdialconf in a konsole for more info

Thank you very much for the information you provided me. I have friends I'm introducing to Linux that only use dial up so I need to understand it well enough to at least get myself connected. There still is a problem with my connection:

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SuSE Meta pppd (smpppd-ifcfg), Version 1.00 on orion. We are disconnected. trying to connect to smpppd connect to smpppd We are disconnected. We are connecting. pppd: Plugin passwordfd.so loaded. pppd: --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.42 pppd: --> Initializing modem. pppd: --> Sending: ATZ pppd: OK pppd: --> Sending: AT Q0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 pppd: AT Q0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 pppd: OK pppd: --> Sending: ATM1 pppd: ATM1 pppd: OK pppd: --> Modem initialized. pppd: --> Sending: ATDT9304784 pppd: --> Waiting for carrier. pppd: ATDT9304784 pppd: CONNECT 31200 V42bis pppd: --> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt. pppd: CVX Access Switch. pppd: Access is restricted to authorized users only. pppd: login: pppd: --> Looks like a login prompt. pppd: --> Sending: jlyles pppd: jlyles pppd: --> Don't know what to do! Starting pppd and hoping for the best. pppd: Serial connection established. pppd: Using interface ppp0 pppd: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem pppd: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests pppd: Connection terminated. pppd: Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean: pppd: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0 pppd: Hangup (SIGHUP) We are disconnected. pppd died: PPP negotiation failed (exit code 10)

What does it mean that the :

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pppd: Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean: pppd: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0