I ran into this myself during my 7.02 install.
Exactly the same symptoms.
I traced it down to both the network startup routines AND linuxconf spawning
off a PPP connection... This is primarily a "user" error. I had enabled ppp
"startup at boot" in both Netconfig and again in Linuxconf.
One or the other programs should start the link, not both. The two were
getting into contention.
Eliminating one or the other fixed the problem.
I prefer to let Linuxconf have the PPP link, so I can prevent the scripts
from resetting the /etc/resolv.conf file to point to the ISP's DNS (I use my
own).
-JMS
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2000 6:17 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] ppp0 FAILED
On Sat, 27 May 2000, Michael Doyle wrote:
Could this be an initialization problem of your modem? Suppose the setup
first sends an ATZ to the modem and it reinitializes, and the ppp0-setup
wants to go about its business while the modem is still resetting, I can
imagine that this happens.
You could throw a bunch of comma's in the command before dialing ( a comma
is, if memory serves right, a 0.5 second delay) and see if that improves
things.
Paul
>G'day,
>
>I have ppp0 set to activate at boot time, but get the following error:
>
>bringing up interface ppp0 FAILED
>trying in background
>
>this takes some 20-30 seconds to be displayed, but by this time the modem
has dialed and connected ???
>
>This does not appear to be a big problem I would just like to have all OKs
on startup :-))
>
>Michael Doyle
>Adelaide, South Australia
>ICQ #2635762
>http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~mtd
>
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