[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Paul Mackerras wrote:
>
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > If I start ppp by hand with ppp-on script, it works fine and
> > > I can reach the Internet. However, when the connection is
> > > terminated for being idle, the pppd dies also despite the fact
> > > that I have "demand" in the options file and I do not have
> > > "nopersist" in the options file.
> >
> > What version of pppd are you using? What messages does it log (look
> > in /var/log/messages)? It may be a bug but it's hard to tell without
> > more information.
> >
> > Paul.
>
> Sorry, I forgot to mention what version I'm running.
> It's the stock version that is shipped with RH 6.0,
> that's ppp-2.3.7.
[snip]
> Jun 8 18:39:19 ursa pppd[2525]: Terminating connection due to lack of activity.
> Jun 8 18:39:19 ursa pppd[2525]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-down started; pid = 2619
> Jun 8 18:39:19 ursa pppd[2525]: sent [LCP TermReq id=0x2 "Link inactive"]
> Jun 8 18:39:20 ursa pppd[2525]: rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x4]
> Jun 8 18:39:20 ursa pppd[2525]: Connection terminated.
> Jun 8 18:39:20 ursa pppd[2525]: Connect time 3.6 minutes.
> Jun 8 18:39:20 ursa pppd[2525]: Sent 8474 bytes, received 67010 bytes.
> Jun 8 18:39:20 ursa pppd[2525]: Terminating on signal 2.
This is the culprit; something is sending pppd a SIGINT, which it
takes as a request to clean up and exit. I can't tell what would have
sent the SIGINT (^C signal) to pppd.
Paul.
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