Dave, I've done a 'find . -name syslog -print' search and could not find a file by that name.
Looking at Mutt, I get the following error messages: Error message 1. "No .news.daily file: Need to run news.daily. ?" Error message 2. Subject: innwatch warning: messages in /var/log/news/news.crit ----- -rw-r--r-- 1 root news 122 Mar 29 22.3 var/log/news/news.crit ---- -------------------- Server running Allowing remote connections Parameters C 14 I 50 (0) l 1000000 o 1011 t 300 H 2 T 60 X 0 normal specified Not reserved Readers separate enabled Perl filtering enabled ---------------------- Mar 29 17:58:22 tux innd:SERVER shutdown received signal 15 Mar 29 22:23:01 tux innd:SERVER shutdown received signal 15 ....... I should point out that 'tux' is the internal name of the system. *******>>>>> Does anyone know what 'signal 15' refers to ? <<<<<******* As /etc/ppp/options suggests, egrep -v '#|^ *$' /etc/ppp/options gives the following readout: ------------------------------ Currently active options: asyncmap auth crtscts lock hide-password modem proxyarp lcp-echo-interval 20 Lcp-echo-failure 4 noipx ---------------------- When I try 'pon primus' the SupraExpress 56e PRO modem dials up normally but while the RD lights flashes (receiving a signal from the primus server), but the SD light is inactive suggesting that it is not responding. I timed the interval between end of dial-up and disconnection as 40 seconds using my SEIKO analog automatic. I enabled the 'debug' option in /etc/ppp/options but running it again did not give me any error information. I did not find /etc/syslog.conf to be very clear on how to set up an error file. I've had no previous trouble with authentification, certainly none with the XP drive, and the lcp echo timeout settings are the standard defaults. Where do I get to read up on lcp echo timeout/interval options ? Any constructive leads will be appreciated: previous installs have never had this problem. Adam Bogacki P.O. Box 38, Earlwood, NSW 2206, Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [current ISP] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [forwarding] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of David Fitch Sent: Thursday, 4 April 2002 10:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] Install successful; connection dies @ 1 min. On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 08:50:55PM +1000, Adam Bogacki wrote: > Hi, I've had a trouble-free install of Deb 2.2r4 but the net connection > consistently dies after about a minute meaning that I cannot update or > dist-upgrade. I had initially disabled 'demand dialing' and 'persist' in > pppconfig to prevent the feedback cycle of being cut off by the ISP and > automatic redial which I had been caught in before ... I later enabled > 'persist' but am still being cut off as before. > > Can anyone suggest a fix? any errors in syslog about it? if not, enable pppd debugging ('debug' option in /etc/ppp/options I think) and do it again and see what errors you get. if it's only after 1 min, sounds like you're not authenticating properly or the lcp echo timeout things are disconnecting it. Read up on lcp echo timeout/interval options to pppd if that's the case. Dave. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
