Package: linesrv Version: 2.1.15-8 Followup-For: Bug #308457 I've been examining the linesrv sources, and have found that the server actually does convert the line types as I suggested, but since all of the clients are marked offline after the connection is dropped, the server drops it when it comes back up.
There are a few possible ways to fix this: 1) Don't mark all the clients as offline when the connection does down. 2) Don't drop a line if it comes up when no clients are online -- just wait for one to go online, then offline, and then drop the line. A workaround I've developed involves two shell scripts, one for bringing wvdial up, and one for dropping it. The contents of the appropriate files are below. This workaround seems to work well, except that the line status does not go down if my ISP drops the line. This has two side-effects: linesrv doesn't drop the line when it comes back up (which is good); and neither linesrv nor the clients know that the line went down, so people will be confused that nothing is working, and throughput statistics will not be reset (which is bad). ### Bottom of /etc/linesrv/linesrv.conf ### line Spitfire interface ppp0 con_type file con_status_file /var/run/wvdial script_up /root/wvdial-up.sh script_dn /root/wvdial-down.sh script_esc /root/wvdial-down.sh allow_manually no send_throughput yes con_timeout 60 ###### ### /root/wvdial-up.sh ### #!/bin/sh touch /var/run/wvdial wvdial shh rm -f /var/run/wvdial ###### ### /root/wvdial-down.sh #!/bin/sh killall wvdial ###### -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages linesrv depends on: ii debconf 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-21 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libpam0g 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules l -- debconf information: linesrv/no_line_section: * linesrv/use_debconf: true * linesrv/address: 0.0.0.0 linesrv/remember_to_create_file: * linesrv/replace_conf_file: false * linesrv/no_tool: * linesrv/which_tool: wvdial --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
