Background: My external modem died. A friend (with an external modem)
had his com port die. So we decided that I'd buy an internal modem and
swap it for his external. I bout the internal modem (A netcomm IN5692,
lucent chipset) and since I have it for afew more days I decided to try
it under linux.
So: Clean install of mandrake 7.1, both installation and extension
disks, all options selected.
Install the modem drivers (Netcomm is kind enough to provide them on the
driver CD)
Run minicom, I can send AT commands to and rom the modem and I can get
it to go offhook and dial.
Run kppp, it dials, negotiates (CHAP authentication) and then 'pppd died
unexpectedly'. 2 minutes later the whole system locked up.
Reboot, run gnome ppp. It dials, negotiates and then 'pppd died
unexpectedly'. 2 minutes later the whole system locked up.
Reboot, stay in console mode, run ifup ppp0. It dial, negotiates, and
the pppd crashes - it displays teh contents of the CPU registers and
stack (I saved it to a file, but I don't have it with me)
2 minute later the system crashes - the error was about a null pointer
in the kernal.
Grab an rpm, upgrade to ppp-2.4.0-2mdk. Same results.
1) Is there a number I can dial with the modem to see if it's working
for transfering data? (something like the old BBSs would work)
2) Any ideas on what is causing pppd to crash and how to resolve it?
(please avoid 'Get a real modem')
I'll only have this modem untill Friday, thats when I'll be swapping it
for my friends external.
- Doug
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