Hello I have now determined that this is a configuration error. With your current configuration your situation is very likely.
From: man pptp --- NAME pptp - PPTP driver SYNOPSIS pptp <pptp-server-IP> <pptp-options> [ppp-options] ... --- In your configuration you state: pty "/usr/sbin/pptp 10.0.0.138 ..." 10.0.0.138 is your IP on eth0, so it will try to contact your own ip, and because it can always contact it, it will never end. You have to point out the pptp server that you are about to authenticate against, and nor your own. If you have a pptp server in your modem I may be mistaken, but I do not think that is the case. Regards, // Ola On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 05:40:10PM +0200, Robert Kloibhofer wrote: > Package: pptp-linux > Version: 1.5.0-5 > Severity: important > > hello guys > > In recent times i had disconnects after which pppd wasn't able to > reconnect. Restarting pppd, poff; pon etc. doesn't help. > > After stopping pppd, ps -aux shows a process called > "pptp: call manager for 10.0.0.138" > Sending SIGKILL (kill -9 ; SIGTERM doesn't do anything) to this process, > and reconnecting works fine. > > no problems with reconnection after disconnection due to no response > to echo req or lack of activity. > > syslog: > ... > Apr 6 19:28:16 verleihnix pppd[5687]: rcvd [IPCP TermReq id=0x0] > Apr 6 19:28:16 verleihnix pppd[5687]: IPCP terminated by peer > Apr 6 19:28:16 verleihnix pppd[5687]: Connect time 5.0 minutes. > Apr 6 19:28:16 verleihnix pppd[5687]: Sent 11093 bytes, received 16473 bytes. > Apr 6 19:28:16 verleihnix pppd[5687]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-down started (pid > 25205) > Apr 6 19:28:16 verleihnix pppd[5687]: sent [IPCP TermAck id=0x0] > Apr 6 19:28:16 verleihnix pppd[5687]: rcvd [LCP TermReq id=0x0] > Apr 6 19:28:16 verleihnix pppd[5687]: LCP terminated by peer > Apr 6 19:28:16 verleihnix pppd[5687]: sent [LCP TermAck id=0x0] > Apr 6 19:28:17 verleihnix pppd[5687]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-down finished > (pid 25205), status = 0x0 > Apr 6 19:28:19 verleihnix pppd[5687]: Connection terminated. > Apr 6 19:28:19 verleihnix pptp[25149]: anon warn[decaps_hdlc:pptp_gre.c:197]: > short read (-1): Input/output error > Apr 6 19:28:19 verleihnix pptp[25149]: anon warn[decaps_hdlc:pptp_gre.c:209]: > pppd may have shutdown, see pppd log > Apr 6 19:28:19 verleihnix pppd[5687]: Script /usr/sbin/pptp 10.0.0.138 > --nolaunchpppd --loglevel 0 finished (pid 25149), status = 0x0 > ... > Apr 6 19:41:10 verleihnix pppd[5687]: Starting link > Apr 6 19:41:10 verleihnix pptp[25252]: anon log[main:pptp.c:243]: The > synchronous pptp option is NOT activated > Apr 6 19:41:10 verleihnix pppd[5687]: Serial connection established. > Apr 6 19:41:10 verleihnix pppd[5687]: using channel 321 > Apr 6 19:41:10 verleihnix pppd[5687]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0 > Apr 6 19:41:11 verleihnix pppd[5687]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 > <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0xf533fb9> <pcomp> <accomp>] > Apr 6 19:41:38 verleihnix last message repeated 9 times > Apr 6 19:41:41 verleihnix pppd[5687]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests > Apr 6 19:41:41 verleihnix pppd[5687]: Connection terminated. > Apr 6 19:41:58 verleihnix pppd[5687]: Starting link > Apr 6 19:41:58 verleihnix pppd[5687]: Serial connection established. > Apr 6 19:41:58 verleihnix pppd[5687]: using channel 322 > Apr 6 19:41:58 verleihnix pppd[5687]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/1 > Apr 6 19:41:58 verleihnix pptp[25254]: anon log[main:pptp.c:243]: The > synchronous pptp option is NOT activated > Apr 6 19:41:59 verleihnix pppd[5687]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 > <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x1728628e> <pcomp> <accomp>] > Apr 6 19:42:26 verleihnix last message repeated 9 times > Apr 6 19:42:29 verleihnix pppd[5687]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests > Apr 6 19:42:29 verleihnix pppd[5687]: Connection terminated. > ... > END of syslog > > # egrep -v "^$|^#" /etc/ppp/options > lock > hide-password > noipx > maxfail 0 > active-filter 'outbound' > logfile /var/log/ppp.log > > # egrep -v "^$|^#" /etc/ppp/peers/inode-pptp > debug > pty "/usr/sbin/pptp 10.0.0.138 --nolaunchpppd --loglevel 0" > user "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > noipdefault > usepeerdns > defaultroute > lcp-echo-interval 20 > lcp-echo-failure 3 > connect /bin/true > noauth > persist > replacedefaultroute > novj > demand # i've tried without this too > idle 290 > holdoff 1 > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 3.1 > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (990, 'testing') > Architecture: i386 (i586) > Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-386 > Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=UTF-8) > > Versions of packages pptp-linux depends on: > ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > an > ii ppp 2.4.2+20040428-6 Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) > daem > > -- no debconf information > > -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | +46 (0)54-10 14 30 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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