Just for the hell of it I did the cu -l /dev/ttyS1 again after sending the
last reply to this thread. It returned the followiong:
cu: /dev/ttyS1: Line in use
[root@ root]# named[379]: Cleaned cache of 0 RRs
named[379]: USAGE 945643746 945640146 CPU=0u/0.01s CHILDCPU=0u/0s
named[379]: NSTATS 945643746 945640146
named[379] XSTATS 945643746 945640146 RR=0 RNXD=0 RFwdR=0 RDupR=0 RFail=0
RFErr=0 RErr=0 RAXFR=0 RLame=0 ROpts=0 SSysQ=1 SAns=0 SFwdQ=0 SDupQ=7004
SErr=1 RQ=0 RIQ=0 RFwdQ=0 RDupQ=0 RTCP=0 SFwdR=0 SFail=0 SFErr=0 SNaAns=0
SNDX=0
What does this mean????
There's a lot here. Is there a doc that I can look at which will explain
these values?
TIA,
John
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, John Starkey wrote:
>
> > Or better yet. Could someone explain the chain of events after I press
> > connect. I assume the PPP interface looks for /dev/modem and is
> referred to
> > ttyS1 which is how I have it set.
>
> ls -l /dev/modem
>
> and _see_ how you have it set.
>
> Oh oh. It sounds like you are using a GUI. If someone who knows what
> he is doing set up the GUI, it is a useful trick to hide what is going
> on so the user isn't frightened by it. If a GUI set up the GUI...
>
> The PPP interface looks where you tell it to look. Somewere, inside of
> all these wrappers, something executes
>
> pppd <options> device [speed]
>
> Probably there is a GUI configuration widget where you can tell it what
> to use, but I don't know what it is. For me it is easier to find the
> config files and scripts and edit them by hand than to find the right
> widget. Many people find the PPP-HOWTO confusing. I'd go with man
> pppd and maybe the modem manual if you have one.
>
> Let's back up 9 yards and punt. Can you find the modem with minicom or
> cu -l /dev/ttyS1
>
> ~.
> to get out of cu. That's tilde period. Upper case reverse single quote
> .
>
> minicom can be set (control-a o or minicom -s) to use either /dev/modem
> or the real modem device. I think /dev/modem just adds confusion.
>
> will the modem answer
> ATH
> OK
> ? All right, we have a modem. That's all the use I have for minicom.
> Don't even think about trying to login to your ISP with it. I don't
> care what the HOWTO says.
>
> Okay, normally the pppd command will have a connect <filename>
> parameter. kppp might do it differently, in which case I'd recommend
> not using kppp. Set it up right, it's just one little command from the
> console, or an xterm, if you must have X.
>
> pppd connects stdin and stdout to the modem and executes the file named
> in the connect parameter. This is normally a chat script that
> initializes the modem, dials the ISP, logs in, and exits. pppd can then
> commence negotiating with the peer on the other end of the line. If you
> use chap or pap, you must tell pppd about it in /etc/ppp/chap-secrets or
> pap-secrets.
>
> pppd writes messages to syslog. Normally /var/log/messages, I think,
> but then I have changed /etc/syslog.conf so _everything_ goes to
> /var/log/messages and /dev/tty8. That's the way I like it. They are
> quite useful and informative messages, really, if you can find them.
> >
> > I'm on a Packard-Hell (as Lawson called it) and my modem is in the
> second
> > ISA slot.
> >
> > I've been through so many howto's and man's that I could never list the
> > things I've tried in order to solve this. I haven't found anything that
> > explains the event list.
> >
> > John Starkey wrote:
> >
> > > Can anyone tell me what Red Hat changed from v4.2 to 6.1 with regards
> to
> > > accessing the modem.
> > >
> > > I've managed to get it to work once. And not since.
> > >
> > > In 4.2 there was no problem with this at all.
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > >
> > > John
> >
> By this time you probably have this solved and I have been wasting my
> time to write this diatribe, but in case it might help :-)
>
> Lawson
>
> Don't get suckered in by the comments -- they can be terribly
> misleading. Debug only code.
> -- Dave Storer
>
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