> Subject: ppp/serial Help! > Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 00:00:08 +0100 (GMT) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > I`m fairly new to Linux and this is driving me mad. > I have ppp as a loadable module, isapnp and setserial both set to > /dev/ttyS2 0x03e8/0x3e8 irq 5. this works fine and detects my modem ok. > I can dial in to my isp (using wvdial) the first time after a reboot but > once i disconnect, and after a time lapse of a few minutes the serial > port seems to reset itself (i`ve looked at "setserial -a /dev/ttyS2) to > irq 4. In order to connect again i have to reboot. Does anybody know > why this is. Please keep any explanations fairly simple :-) > > Paul Walton
I had this same problem. I think it's because the serial driver automatically gets unloaded when it's no longer used, and then when it gets reloaded, it's reset. There are two ways I found around it: 1) Add a line that says "serial" to your /etc/modules file, so that the serial module gets loaded at startup and stays loaded. 2) Recompile the kernel with the serial driver compiled in (rather than as a module). - Kris