-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/04/08 05:56, Zach wrote: > I am setting up a new PPP connection (dialup) and when I run pon I'm > seeing some very strange things in my /var/log/messages > (set it up with pppconfig like I normally do, never had any problems) > > There are lots of weird characters, I used this machine 2 days ago > (when old ISP was working) and didn't see any of this garbage in the
*VERY* important questions: What do you mean by "old" ISP? Do you now have a "new" ISP? > logfile. I even ran my old pon (for the old isp that I don't use > anymore) just now and it showed these weird characters as well. > > This is totally baffling to me, I've never encountered this before and > I did not do ANYTHING to my system in the past 2 days! I didn't > install or remove any packages, didn't do any upgrades, didn't touch > any config files. We lost power on Friday briefly and the system was > hard booted but I used it the next day (Sat.) and didn't see any of > these weird characters in the log. > > Anyone have a clue what is going on and how I can fix it? It looks like your chat script got corrupted... Or your ISP changed something without telling anyone, knowing/hoping that Windows DUN would handle the changes. > I'm using Debian lenny with 2.6.18 kernel and I have my locale set to UTF8. > > Here is a snippet from /var/log/messages: > > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: pppd options in effect: > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: debug debug^I^I# (from command line) > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: updetach^I^I# (from command line) > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: dump^I^I# (from command line) > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: noauth^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/peers/sysim) > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: user [EMAIL PROTECTED] (from > /etc/ppp/peers/sysim) > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: remotename sysim^I^I# (from > /etc/ppp/peers/sysim) > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: /dev/ttyS0^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/peers/sysim) > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: 115200^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/peers/sysim) > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: lock^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/options) > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: connect /usr/sbin/chat -v -f > /etc/chatscripts/sysim^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/peers/sysim) > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: crtscts^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/options) > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: modem^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/options) > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: asyncmap 0^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/options) > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: lcp-echo-failure 4^I^I# (from > /etc/ppp/options) > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: lcp-echo-interval 30^I^I# (from > /etc/ppp/options) > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: hide-password^I^I# (from > /etc/ppp/peers/sysim) > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: ipparam sysim^I^I# (from > /etc/ppp/peers/sysim) > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: noipdefault^I^I# (from > /etc/ppp/peers/sysim) > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: defaultroute^I^I# (from > /etc/ppp/peers/sysim) > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: proxyarp^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/options) > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: usepeerdns^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/peers/sysim) > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: noipx^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/options) > Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0 > Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]: abort on (BUSY) > Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]: abort on (NO CARRIER) > Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]: abort on (VOICE) > Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]: abort on (NO DIALTONE) > Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]: abort on (NO DIAL TONE) > Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]: abort on (NO ANSWER) > Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]: abort on (DELAYED) > Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]: send (ATZ^M) > Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]: expect (OK) > Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]@L"[EMAIL PROTECTED]@^AYsLQ#p([EMAIL > PROTECTED]@^E^B^A^@,Q#p([EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@)[EMAIL > PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL > PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@^@ > Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]@^@([EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL > PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL > PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]@9^F > Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]: > ^HD^Nn3EH^M'[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL > PROTECTED]@yj^X|SBSBr$!*}^^]~sT^_Gz$>}]U[Kt76b^=}1^P}1#7^[HoS^DgzW^Px > Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]: > ^O`&?'hk^?yg42I<^PZMsD^C^D^M^]0^Cvl&;^M^KK7=Um5$MsC > xmD`^OG^LWKcO^^Ga^K;;O2\\jw1^K$^I\^H^QJ^BMF{^\cT [snip] > Feb 4 06:17:42 netrek chat[3253]: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]@^@([EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL > PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL > PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@([EMAIL PROTECTED]@:^Fd(D^No8EH^M'[EMAIL > PROTECTED]@fe;[EMAIL PROTECTED]@R3~~!E@ > Feb 4 06:17:42 netrek chat[3253]: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]@^E^B^A^@,Q#p([EMAIL > PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@)[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL > PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL > PROTECTED]@^@ > Feb 4 06:17:44 netrek chat[3253]: alarm > Feb 4 06:17:44 netrek chat[3253]: Failed > Feb 4 06:17:45 netrek pppd[3252]: Exit. > > Zach > > - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHpwmpS9HxQb37XmcRAjyDAKCNprxq7H9hG6U+OWHBZlHC4G3+UgCfWN+4 vTCKPAV68dCpzl6kWdtOMSA= =/xGx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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