Hello all,
I am having problems with establishing a ppp link to vsnl. I have sent the
relavant part of the /var/log/messages file, which shows the first and last
line having a problem.
The first line is
modprobe: can't locate module char-major-108
char-major-108 seems to be an alias for ppp_generic' and I have no idea what
it is.
Though the script says "Serial connection established", and an IP address
is assigned, netscape gives an error like "Unable to log on to server"
A 'ping something' says network unreachable.
The last line of the log is
modprobe: no dependency information for module: "/dev/ttyS1"
I have been successful in connecting to the net using minicom....as far as
the modem (/dev/ttyS1) is concerned.
(B.T.W. I dont know anything about networking, nor kernel and module stuff)
Can somebody please help me out ?
Thank you,
Kayomarz.
(Though the log file is long, I think only the first and last line have an
error. However, I have sent the entire file as I do not know
much...........anything could be wrong)
The /var/log/messages file:
Jun 12 07:49:43 localhost modprobe: can't locate module char-major-108
Jun 12 07:49:43 localhost kernel: CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the
University of California
Jun 12 07:49:43 localhost kernel: PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling)
Jun 12 07:49:43 localhost kernel: PPP line discipline registered.
Jun 12 07:49:43 localhost kernel: registered device ppp0
Jun 12 07:49:43 localhost pppd[607]: pppd 2.3.10 started by root, uid 0
Jun 12 07:49:45 localhost chat[608]: timeout set to 40 seconds
Jun 12 07:49:45 localhost chat[608]: abort on (\nBUSY\r)
Jun 12 07:49:45 localhost chat[608]: abort on (\nNO ANSWER\r)
Jun 12 07:49:45 localhost chat[608]: abort on (\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r)
Jun 12 07:49:45 localhost chat[608]: send (rAT^M)
Jun 12 07:49:45 localhost chat[608]: expect (OK)
Jun 12 07:49:45 localhost chat[608]: rAT^M^M
Jun 12 07:49:45 localhost chat[608]: OK
Jun 12 07:49:45 localhost chat[608]: -- got it
Jun 12 07:49:45 localhost chat[608]: send (ATHO^M)
Jun 12 07:49:45 localhost chat[608]: send (atm0^M)
Jun 12 07:49:45 localhost chat[608]: send (atx1dt172228^M)
Jun 12 07:49:45 localhost chat[608]: expect (CONNECT)
Jun 12 07:49:45 localhost chat[608]: ^M
Jun 12 07:49:45 localhost chat[608]: ATHO^M^M
Jun 12 07:49:45 localhost chat[608]: ERROR^M
Jun 12 07:49:45 localhost chat[608]: atm0^M^M
Jun 12 07:49:45 localhost chat[608]: OK^M
Jun 12 07:50:04 localhost chat[608]: atx1dt172228^M^M
Jun 12 07:50:04 localhost chat[608]: CONNECT
Jun 12 07:50:04 localhost chat[608]: -- got it
Jun 12 07:50:04 localhost chat[608]: send (^M)
Jun 12 07:50:04 localhost chat[608]: expect (name:)
Jun 12 07:50:04 localhost chat[608]: 38400^M
Jun 12 07:50:05 localhost chat[608]: ^M
Jun 12 07:50:05 localhost chat[608]: Welcome to VSNL Pune^M
Jun 12 07:50:05 localhost chat[608]: Username:
Jun 12 07:50:05 localhost chat[608]: -- got it
Jun 12 07:50:05 localhost chat[608]: send (username was here^M)
Jun 12 07:50:05 localhost chat[608]: expect (word:)
Jun 12 07:50:05 localhost chat[608]: (login name was here)^M
Jun 12 07:50:05 localhost chat[608]: Password:
Jun 12 07:50:05 localhost chat[608]: -- got it
Jun 12 07:50:05 localhost chat[608]: send ((password was here)^M)
Jun 12 07:50:06 localhost pppd[607]: Serial connection established.
Jun 12 07:50:06 localhost pppd[607]: Using interface ppp0
Jun 12 07:50:06 localhost pppd[607]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
Jun 12 07:50:15 localhost kernel: PPP BSD Compression module registered
Jun 12 07:50:15 localhost kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module registered
Jun 12 07:50:17 localhost pppd[607]: local IP address 203.197.84.16
Jun 12 07:50:17 localhost pppd[607]: remote IP address 202.54.10.46
Jun 12 07:50:24 localhost modprobe: no dependency information for module:
"/dev/ttyS1"
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