Re: restarting pppd automatically

2020-12-28 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, 27 Dec 2020 23:56:21 + Graham Seaman wrote: > I'm having problems with pppd and an intermittent phone line > connection. My external line occasionally drops out, usually > briefly ... . There is or used to be a daemon that would re-establish a modem connection if it saw an outgoing p

Re: restarting pppd automatically

2020-12-28 Thread Graham Seaman
On 28/12/2020 09:34, Tixy wrote: > On Sun, 2020-12-27 at 23:56 +, Graham Seaman wrote: >> I'm having problems with pppd and an intermittent phone line connection. >> My external line occasionally drops out, usually briefly (I'm trying to >> get this fixed but need a workaround in the meantime

Re: restarting pppd automatically

2020-12-28 Thread Graham Seaman
Hi Tomas On 28/12/2020 09:28, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 11:56:21PM +, Graham Seaman wrote: >> I'm having problems with pppd and an intermittent phone line > > Wow. Memories fading :-) > > OK, my recollection on inittab is a bit dusty, and I have little > experience wi

Re: restarting pppd automatically

2020-12-28 Thread Michael Howard
On 27/12/2020 23:56, Graham Seaman wrote: I'm having problems with pppd and an intermittent phone line connection. My external line occasionally drops out, usually briefly (I'm trying to get this fixed but need a workaround in the meantime). When the line goes down, I get this sequence: Dec 2

Re: restarting pppd automatically

2020-12-28 Thread Tixy
On Sun, 2020-12-27 at 23:56 +, Graham Seaman wrote: > I'm having problems with pppd and an intermittent phone line connection. > My external line occasionally drops out, usually briefly (I'm trying to > get this fixed but need a workaround in the meantime). When the line > goes down, I get t

Re: restarting pppd automatically

2020-12-28 Thread tomas
On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 11:56:21PM +, Graham Seaman wrote: > I'm having problems with pppd and an intermittent phone line Wow. Memories fading :-) OK, my recollection on inittab is a bit dusty, and I have little experience with systemd (trying to keep it that way). But I'll try a shot at it.