Hargobind Khalsa wrote:
> I'm trying to set up a mgetty/pppd dial in serve on my computer but pppd
> seems to be giving me trouble. When ever I try to conect from another
> computer everthing goes just fine until pppd starts at which point it
> pauses for a few seconds then disconects with no sign of error on the
> server side and a message to the effect of "The remote side is not
> responding correctly" on the client side. My relavent setup is as follows:
> Hardware:
> Power Macintosh G3 266 Mhz
> Global Village TelePort 56 Fax/Modem Model A824

> Software:
> Gentoo Linux
> Mgetty version 1.1.30
> pppd 2.4.1


> The log files were:

....

> 07/03 21:59:21 ##### data dev=ttyS0, pid=7517, caller='none',
> conn='38400', name='', cmd='/usr/sbin/pppd', user='/AutoPPP/'

....

record /var/log/ppp.record # (from /etc/ppp/options.server)

How is pppd to know to use options.server? See man pppd in the FILES
section for what files pppd automatically looks for. Check the pppd
"file" option for directing it to use other files (but that option is
not located in the FILES section).

> And the /var/log/ppp.record file was blank

The record option is generally unnecessary for diagnosing almost any
pppd problem. And any output resulting from the "debug" option will be
in one or more of the files in /var/log file, with proper configuration
of /etc/syslog.conf.

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On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 09:28:49 -0500, Clifford Kite
wrote:

> How is pppd to know to use options.server?
In /etc/mgetty+sendfax/login.config is the line
/AutoPPP/ - - /usr/sbin/pppd ttyS0 38400 file /etc/ppp/options.server
debug dump
which is what calls pppd after the modem has conected so the file option
is set there

>> And the /var/log/ppp.record file was blank
>
> The record option is generally unnecessary for diagnosing almost any
> pppd problem. And any output resulting from the "debug" option will be
> in one or more of the files in /var/log file, with proper configuration
> of /etc/syslog.conf.
>
Ok I'm preaty sure I have my equivalant of /etc/syslog.conf configuered
corectlty so I'll see what I can get from the results when I next get a
chance to atempt to conect.

Thanks for your comments!
--Hargobind Khalsa

Hargobind Khalsa wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 09:28:49 -0500, Clifford Kite
> wrote:

>> How is pppd to know to use options.server?
> In /etc/mgetty+sendfax/login.config is the line
> /AutoPPP/ - - /usr/sbin/pppd ttyS0 38400 file /etc/ppp/options.server
> debug dump
> which is what calls pppd after the modem has conected so the file option
> is set there

Okay, although that seems a bit peculiar, since the log showed

> 07/03 21:59:21 ##### data dev=ttyS0, pid=7517, caller='none',
> conn='38400', name='', cmd='/usr/sbin/pppd', user='/AutoPPP/'

and I'd expect the arguments to pppd to be shown too. Apparently I
was wrong in that expectation - but it's no surprise since I haven't
actually used AutoPPP.

=> And any output resulting from the "debug" option will be
=> in one or more of the files in /var/log file

There I go again, the "file" at the end is an editing-for-clarity mistake,
it should not be there. Maybe I'd better stop editing for clarity. :/

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