Harry Putnam wrote:
> I've been away from ppp connections for a while, using DSL. Now back
> to a ppp connection for a while. I've configured many PPP connections
> in the past but now having a different sort of problem.
>
> First, how to get some serious debug info?
>
> I've set `debug' and added a line to syslog.conf for tempory use:
>
> *.debug;mail.none;news.none /var/log/debug
>
> Which collects all the debug info... `tailing' that output it still
> seems <expletive deleted> scant. Man pages don't indicate anyway to
> adjust the level of debug output. Maybe it can be done by editing the
> chat script?
>
> I'll supply syslog output below, but want to describe what I `hear'.
>
> First a fairly lenthy pause between calling `ifup ppp0' and hearing a
> number dialed... Probably somethng like 10-15 seconds. In the past
> this has been much quicker.
>
> Syslog output prints the number being called long before I hear dialing.
Harry-
This is the behavior I see when I have the irq for the serial port screwed
up. I takes a long time to get anything working and certain parts of the
connection time out before the modem responds
make sure the serial port is setup correctly using setserial /dev/ttyS?
(where ? is the number of the port) I was using an internal modem from a
different machine and the port was setup to use irq5 or some thing like that
and I had a lot of trouble with it until I realized what was happening.
Once you know the settings you can use set serial to set it:
setserial /dev/ttyS0 irq=5
or something similar, I forget the exact command I used.
An irq conflict will also cause this sort of behavior.
BTW I use minicom to trouble shoot stuff like this since I get a feel for how
well the modem is responding.
HTH
Bret
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