[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I expect an old mainframe man would know to look in the system log.
> Probably /var/log/messages, but configurable in /etc/syslog.conf.
> I find it helpful to set /etc/syslog.conf like so:
>
> # /etc/syslog.conf
> # For info about the format of this file, see "man syslog.conf" (the BSD
> man
> # page), and /usr/doc/sysklogd/README.linux.
> #
> # NOTE: YOU HAVE TO USE TABS HERE - NOT SPACES.
> # I don't know why.
> #
> *.* /dev/tty12
> *.* /var/log/messages
>
> Maybe pppd is trying to tell you something.
>
> On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, Joe S. Warren wrote:
>
> > My seriel modem link to my ISP seems much slower under LINUX than under
> > WINDOWS. KPPP reports a modem connect speed of, normally, 50666. I am
> > using kppp 1.6.24 in LINUX Mandrake 7.0. My modem device is
> /dev/ttyS1,
> > flow control is CRTSCTS and Coonnection speed is 115200 per the setup
>
> Ah, but what kind of flow control is the modem itself practicing? Some
> modems default to CTS hardware flow control. This works OK with windose
> 3.11 (Ihave never used any "greater" windose) but is terribly sluggish
> if the host uses CRTSCTS. A simple modem command in the init string to
> set RTS/CTS hardware flow control should fix this, but what the command
> is is up to the modem manufacturer. My cheap V.34 accepts \Q3, but that
> might make some other modem hang.
>
> > option in kppp. The throughput graph in kppp indicates an initial speed
> > that is some 80% of the connect speed but it quickly (by the 3rd or 4th
> > packet) falls off to around 30% of connect speed or less. Large e-mail
> > files (>600kB) require considerable more time to transmit or receive
> > than when I use OUTLOOK EXPRESS under WIN98SE. Any suggestions as to
> > where the bottleneck might be?
>
> Modem flow control is my best guess. Maybe you want these in
> /etc/modules.conf too:
>
> alias char-major-108 ppp
> alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp
> alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate
> alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate
> >
> > Joe S. Warren
> > PS I am a total newbie to UNIX and LINUX but spent 25 years as a
> > realtime applications and operating systems programmer on mainframes
> > from CDC and SEL.
>
> Know anybody needs a good GCOS-8 man? MVS/JES2? (any port in a storm).
>
> Lawson
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Thanks for the ideas but now I have to show just how new I am to
UNIX/LINUX. I keep getting "permission denied" when I tried to type in
(I did change to su.):
#syslog.conf
I looked up the file owner and permissions and see the owner is "adm"
and permissions are "-rw-r-----". I think I could figure out how to
change the owner and/or the permissions but that seems rather
inelegant. There is surely a method that doesn't require tinkering with
such fundamental file characteristics.
I'm using kernel 2.2.14-15mdk. There is no file /etc/modules.conf
As you may surmise; I am totally inept with this OS but I want to master
it and I appreciate your patience.
Joe S. Warren
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