Will do and thanks for all suggestions to everyone
Cheers Chris Thomas
On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 21:59 +1300, John Rye wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:47:22 +1300
> Rik Tindall wrote:
>
> > chris wrote:
> > > Hi Steve,
> > > Yes it is on ttys0, and I can hear the modem negotiate the connection.
> > > It then connects, and falls over at the exchange of user names and
> > > password.
> > > As this is a dual boot system, I know that the issue is not
> > > name/password, as they are the same for both systems, as is of course
> > > the isp phone numer.
> > >
> > > it seems to be something in the exchange of username or password that
> > > xtra is not acknowledging under hardy 8.04, but is under xp pro
> > >
> > > The ppp log reports "looks like a keyword", and then crash. times out or
> > > terminates I am no completely sure which.
> > >
> > > I will attach the tail of the ppp log to an email tomorrow and see if
> > > you can pick anything up.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > From memory there is an error like this created by 'root' being owner of:
> >
> > r...@celeron2195-ubuntu804:~$ ls /etc/ppp/* -l
> > -rw------- 1 root root 101 2008-08-01 11:25 /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1754 2007-10-05 08:57 /etc/ppp/ip-down
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1892 2007-10-05 08:57 /etc/ppp/ip-up
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 784 2007-10-05 08:57 /etc/ppp/ipv6-down
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 922 2007-10-05 08:57 /etc/ppp/ipv6-up
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13486 2007-10-05 08:57 /etc/ppp/options
> > -rw------- 1 root root 1649 2008-08-01 11:25 /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 137 2007-10-05 08:57 /etc/ppp/pppoe_on_boot
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48 2008-08-01 12:46 /etc/ppp/resolv.conf
> >
> > ..which 'user' needs write access to one/some of in order to complete
> > the login.
> >
> > - That could prompt someone who remembers exactly what ppp wants to
> > write to; it should be listed in your error logs, IIRC.
>
> Not sure about pppd wanting to write - I've always has hassles connecting
> to Xtra via dialup and more so in recent times.
>
> Chris, try adding the following to your /etc/ppp/options, (some of the
> negotiation timing defaults may be too short)
>
> lock
> noauth
> defaultroute
> ipcp-max-configure 65
> ipcp-accept-local
> ipcp-accept-remote
> idle 600
>
> John
>
