Torsten, > This looks REALLY weird! Either your modem is broken or your server does not > answer in a reasonable time. Suggestion: Try to connect without ppp using e.g. > minicom. Report if this works and try binary file transfers using rz/sz.
It was my PAM server which wasn't answering in time. I took out the PAM support and now everything works fine. The curious thing here is: why did it ever worked? :-? Thanks a lot for your help. I guess debian is not yet ready por PAM yet. > PS: Excuse my bad english! Nothing to be excused from! Thanks a lot for your help! -- p.