Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > What does "serial line is looped back" mean? > > > It means that pppd is seeing its own LCP packets coming back. This usually > > happens when the host on the other end wants to see more text before it > > starts pppd and is echoing everything it sees while it waits for the > > required string. > > It's happening far too fast for that--It'sa only about a second from > my telling it to do this to failure (with the failure message hidden > behind the blue menu screens). There's no way that it's even dialing > out, let alone getting through and making contacr.
Much the same applies, with the modem doing the reflecting. > > Dial up your ISP with minicom and work through the login > > procedure by hand to see how it works (this is not a method of connecting: > > it's just research). Post the results along with the contents of > > /etc/chatscripts/provider and /etc/ppp/peers/provider. Munge passwords. > > Can I just install the minicom deb on the raw abase system? I thought > that there was a problem with this (but it's been a few years; maybe > I'm just badly mistaken . . .)) I've had no problem with this (as far back as buzz). Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
