Eric Schenk wrote: > Hmm. There were some messages about this kind of problem floating > around on the linux-ppp list a while back. I seem to recall two > possible causes: > > (1) The new pppd is installed in a different place than the old, > are you sure diald is running the new pppd? Check the path > in config.h. [I expect this is not your problem, but check it > anyway] > > (2) There were reports of a problem when starting pppd from inittab. > This was a result of pppd relying on having a controling terminal, > which it does not when started from inittab. This problem may > be related to what you are seeing. The way the test code is > written the ppp_available routine would fail if it was run and it > could not actually open /dev/cua0. > > Check the following: > the permissions on /dev/cua0. > that you are running diald as root. > You might also try running diald with /dev/ttyS0 instead (this is > a shot in the dark, but it's worth a try). > If any of this works I'll be happy to explain why :-)
Thanks for the help, Eric. I am now executing diald with /dev/ttyS0 and it works very nicely. Now, how about the explanation? Jeff Ebert
