On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, J. D. Kent wrote:
> OK, since I'm a newbie to Linux, I'm probably missing something simple
> here...
>
> running Slackware 3.1.0
> kernel 2.0.27
> ppp ver. 2.2.0
> 14.4 MultiTech ex. modem
>
> I'm trying to get ppp to work on this minimalist 386 based old laptop,
> which I'm using as a stand alone system to learn with since I cant
> afford anything else at the moment.
>
> I'm working through the ppp-howto. Doing OK until about half way
> through. Made sure host.conf and resolf.conf are there and ok. Got to
> the point in the how-to where it suggests to test the modem connection
> by using minicom to log in to my ISP. This seemed to go ok, got the
> login and password prompts, and the garbage for the ppp starting up.
> Then it suggests getting out of minicom, and typing the following:
> pppd -d -detach /dev/ttyS0 38400 &
You have to be very lucky and very quick to start pppd from minicom.
Also you have to have minicom set up for 8N1 in the serial port
settings. I am not real expert in this, but I would say minicom has
served its purpose: you know you can dial out and log in to the ISP.
Go ahead to the section where you set up chat to do it automatically.
> OK. Then it says type ifconfig. Well... it's supposed to say the PPP is
> up and running. Not me. What I get is UP: BROADCAST LOOPBACK. If I look
This is also what you get if you type ifconfig when you're not connected
to anything. Or the first line you get if you are. That's just the
127.0.0.1 localhost
in /etc/hosts.
> in syslog I see a message that says: receive send link is not 8-bit
> clean. Problems: all had bit 7 set to 1. If I look in /var/log/messages
> I see a message stating local loopback set, and the modem disconnects.
> after several tries at this these poor old eyes of mine have become
very
> blurry. Any hints at this point?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
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