On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, stephen noble wrote:
> i've tested the rpm and it has the same error as i get with charlies
> either they both have a mistake or I'm doing something else wrong
>
> Sep 27 19:14:11 e-smith pppd[5224]: Could not determine local IP address
> seems to me to be the critical error, but how to fix it is beyond me
My guess is that you have come across a bug in PPP. To test my theory,
please remove "noipdefault" from /etc/ppp/options, and try again.
> #/var/log/messages
> Sep 27 19:14:07 e-smith mgetty[5224]: data dev=ttyS0, pid=5224, caller='none',
>conn='38400', name='', cmd='/usr/sbin/pppd', user='/AutoPPP/'
> Sep 27 19:14:07 e-smith pppd[5224]: pppd 2.3.11 started by a_ppp, uid 0
> Sep 27 19:14:07 e-smith pppd[5224]: Using interface ppp0
> Sep 27 19:14:07 e-smith pppd[5224]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
> Sep 27 19:14:10 e-smith pppd[5224]: user stephen logged in
> Sep 27 19:14:11 e-smith pppd[5224]: Could not determine local IP address
> Sep 27 19:14:11 e-smith pppd[5224]: Connection terminated.
> Sep 27 19:14:11 e-smith pppd[5224]: Connect time 0.1 minutes.
> Sep 27 19:14:11 e-smith pppd[5224]: Sent 415 bytes, received 419 bytes.
> Sep 27 19:14:11 e-smith kernel: ppp: channel ppp0 closing.
> Sep 27 19:14:11 e-smith pppd[5224]: Exit.
> Sep 27 19:30:00 e-smith kernel: PPP: ppp line discipline successfully unregister
>
> #/var/log/mgetty.log.ttyS0
> 09/20 00:35:51 yS0 mgetty: experimental test release 1.1.14-Apr02
>
> #/etc/ppp/options.ttyS0
> lock
> crtscts
> modem
> login
> noauth
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> ms-dns 192.168.35.7
> ms-wins 192.168.35.7
> proxyarp
> 192.168.35.7:192.168.35.11
>
> #/etc/ppp/options
> name "stjosd"
> noauth
> noipdefault
> lcp-echo-interval 30
> lcp-echo-failure 2
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