[ILUG] RedHat PPP dialler mystery

[Nick Murtagh]

On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 10:01:49PM +0100, Dave Neary wrote:
> May 28 21:50:50 localhost WvDial: Initializing modem.
> May 28 21:50:50 localhost WvDial: Sending: ATZ
> May 28 21:50:50 localhost WvDial: ATZ
> May 28 21:50:50 localhost WvDial: OK
> May 28 21:50:50 localhost WvDial: Modem initialized.
> May 28 21:50:50 localhost WvDial: Sending: ATDT 2171101
> May 28 21:50:50 localhost WvDial: Waiting for carrier.
> May 28 21:50:51 localhost WvDial: ATDT 2171101
> May 28 21:51:15 localhost WvDial: CONNECT
> 45333/ARQ/V90/LAPM/V42BIS
> May 28 21:51:15 localhost WvDial: Carrier detected.  Starting PPP
> immediately.
> May 28 21:51:15 localhost pppd[904]: Serial connection
> established.
> May 28 21:51:15 localhost pppd[904]: Using interface ppp0
> May 28 21:51:15 localhost pppd[904]: Connect: ppp0 <-->
> /dev/ttyS0
> May 28 21:51:20 localhost kernel: PPP BSD Compression module
> registered
> May 28 21:51:20 localhost kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module
> registered

I remember having this problem, but it was a while ago. I spent ages
messing with the compression modules thinking they had something to do
with it, but it may have been a red herring. Have you upgraded your
disto's original kernel? I've found that upgrading the kernel tends
to break PPP stuff. I think I just installed a new distro and the problem
went away. For some reason the phrase "stupid mode" springs to mind.
Have you got this turned on or off (in /etc/wvdial.conf)? Otherwise
I'd suggest upgrading wvdial...

nick