Neale,
Add the fifo option to your diald.conf file like:
fifo /etc/diald/diald.ctl
>From memory: There seems to be a problem with the number of file handles
being opened by diald and what is required by the connect script. The fifo
adds another file handle making things work better.
Bob...
Neale Swinnerton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm having problems getting diald to work properly at the moment. I have
> sucessfully had it running in the past, but I inadvertantly deleted the
> diald.conf file and can't get it working since.
>
> I have updated to a 2.3.99-pre6 kernel in the mean time which may have
> some bearing. I had no trouble with 2.3.99-pre3 kernels. I have also
> updated to ppp-2.4.0b2, since it is supposedly required for pre6 and
> later kernels.
>
> I using Redhat6.2.
>
> Anyway...problem description
>
> I can successfully start a PPP link manually using..
>
> # ifup ppp0
>
> diald itself starts ok and it seems to install the ethertap interface
> OK....
>
> # ifconfig -p
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3904 Metric:1
> RX packets:279 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:279 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>
> tap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FD:00:00:00:00
> inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.255.255.255
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> Interrupt:5
>
> but when I try to initiate a connection I get the following appearing in
> syslog.....
>
> May 11 13:58:00 shankly diald[2882]: Trigger: udp 192.168.1.1/1063
> 195.8.69.9/53
> May 11 13:58:00 shankly diald[2882]: Calling site 192.168.1.2
> May 11 13:58:01 shankly connect: Initializing Modem
> May 11 13:58:01 shankly chat[2892]: Can't get terminal parameters:
> Invalid argument
> May 11 13:58:01 shankly connect: Failed to initialize modem
>
> for the connect argument in /etc/diald.conf I've got the following
>
> connect '/usr/sbin/chat -f /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/chat-ppp0'
>
> Any thoughts? I'm guessing that it's some stupid error on my part, but I
> can't see it.
>
> Neale Swinnerton
>
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