[lug] PPP0 problems RH7.1 w/ 2.4.2

[D. Stimits]

Hugh Brown wrote:
> 
> You might also try using wvdial.  I had better luck with it than I did the
> gui dialer programs.

I've also found wvdial to be easier to setup.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

> 
> Hugh
> 
> "D. Stimits"
> >
> > Is this a PCI or ISA modem? If ISA, is it plug-n-play or jumper? If PCI,
> > do you have your bios set to "o/s is NOT pnp aware"? If you have "o/s is
> > NOT pnp aware", have you used setserial or setpci to set up the
> > hardware? If this is PCI, what is the content of /proc/pci, as well as
> > the output of "lspci -v"? What brand (and model also if you know) is the
> > modem?
> >
> > D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com
> >
> > John Starkey wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello all.
> > >
> > > I'm stuck on 56k for a few days and have a lot that needs to be done over
> > > the weekend, so i'm setting up PPP0 for the first time in over a year.
> > > Wondering if i could get some help.
> > >
> > > I did a debug with RH's Dialup Configurator and it died saying to check
> > > the logs. In the logs I'm seeing:
> > >
> > > Using ppp0
> > > local IP xx.xx.xx.xx
> > > remote IP xx.xx.xx.xx
> > > read: Bad file descriptor(9)
> > > Exit.
> > > pppd 2.3.11 started by root
> > > ioctl(PPPIOCGFLAGS): Invalid argument
> > > tcsetattr: Invalid Argument
> > > Exit
> > >
> > > Anyone know what it's trying to say?? And what it might need? The first
> > > time I tried RH PPP Connect app it crashed pretty hard but with only the
> > > generic "xxx has crashed" message, and has been crashing since. So I don't
> > > know if it had written a corrupt file maybe?
> > >
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