RE: [LUG] PPP link prob

["Peter Hatton" <bramley at termisoc.org>]

> BTW - for those thinking of the 2.4.2 kernel - make sure you get a 2.4
> version of pppd. Without it, as I found, ppp doesn't work (drops the
> connection), and without it you can't download the 2.4 rpm
> because you need
> ppp, which doesn't work, so you need to download the 2.4 rpm but you need
> ppp, which doesn't work, so you need to download the 2.4 rpm...:-) You get
> the picture.

Apr  3 11:31:17 silverwind WvDial: Sending: ATDT 16164208452402620
Apr  3 11:31:17 silverwind WvDial: Waiting for carrier.
Apr  3 11:31:17 silverwind WvDial: ATDT 16164208452402620
Apr  3 11:31:41 silverwind WvDial: CONNECT 115200
Apr  3 11:31:41 silverwind WvDial: Carrier detected.  Starting PPP
immediately.
Apr  3 11:31:41 silverwind pppd[3582]: Serial connection established.
Apr  3 11:31:41 silverwind pppd[3582]: ioctl(PPPIOCGFLAGS): Invalid argument
<--- This line
Apr  3 11:31:41 silverwind pppd[3582]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
Apr  3 11:31:41 silverwind pppd[3582]: Exit.

Thanks John, you have just saved me hours!  Here's a copy of my logs, only
difference is I'm using the 2.4.3 Kernel, but the same problem seems to
apply - get the 2.4 PPP rpm!

Peter Hatton
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