Hi,
I have a question about connecting to bigpond cable with Mandrake 8.2.
As far as I can see, the modem is connected correctly to the server, but when I run the bpalogin client, the authorisation does not work. The port which it listens on seems strange to me. Can anyone confirm that my version of bpalogin should work?
(I'm pretty sure I am using the correct logon id. Anyway, the error I see is "other error", not "logon not recognised".)
(note that in the trace there are many kernel warnings. I think this is because Mandrake does not recognise the on-board sound card on my PC. This is bad, but I don't see why it should stop the internet connection)
If anyone can give me some tips I would appreciate it.
The details are:....................
I downloaded bpalogin-2.0-linux.tar.gz from
http://bpalogin.sourceforge.net/
(following the instructions in http://www.linuxathome.net/bpalogin.php )
I put bpalogin in /usr/sbin and
bpalogin.conf in /etc after editing the username and password.
(also bpalogin.init in /etc/rc.d/init.d although I have not used this yet)
I check that my modem is connected by typing
ftp dce-server.
Then I start bpalogin by typing
bpalogin -c /etc/bpalogin.conf
The resulting messages in /var/log/messages are given at the end of this mail.
thanks
Paul Gilchrist
This is the trace in /var/log/messages:
Oct 24 17:51:10 telstra bpalogin[2078]: BPALogin v2.0 - lightweight portable BIDS2 login client
Oct 24 17:51:10 telstra bpalogin[2078]: Auth host = dce-server:5050
Oct 24 17:51:10 telstra bpalogin[2078]: Listening on port 32771
Oct 24 17:51:10 telstra kernel: via82cxxx warning: SG stopped or paused
Oct 24 17:51:11 telstra last message repeated 5 times
Oct 24 17:51:11 telstra bpalogin[2078]: T_MSG_LOGIN_RESP - Login failure: other error
Oct 24 17:51:11 telstra bpalogin[2078]: Sleeping for 60 seconds
Oct 24 17:51:11 telstra kernel: via82cxxx warning: SG stopped or paused
Oct 24 17:51:42 telstra last message repeated 473 times
Oct 24 17:52:11 telstra last message repeated 461 times
Oct 24 17:52:12 telstra bpalogin[2078]: Auth host = dce-server:5050
Oct 24 17:52:12 telstra bpalogin[2078]: Listening on port 32772
Oct 24 17:52:12 telstra kernel: via82cxxx warning: SG stopped or paused
Oct 24 17:52:12 telstra kernel: via82cxxx warning: SG stopped or paused
Oct 24 17:52:12 telstra bpalogin[2078]: T_MSG_LOGIN_RESP - Login failure: other error
Oct 24 17:52:12 telstra bpalogin[2078]: Sleeping for 60 seconds
Oct 24 17:52:12 telstra kernel: via82cxxx warning: SG stopped or paused
Oct 24 17:52:43 telstra last message repeated 475 times
Oct 24 17:53:12 telstra last message repeated 459 times
Oct 24 17:53:12 telstra bpalogin[2078]: Auth host = dce-server:5050
Oct 24 17:53:12 telstra bpalogin[2078]: Listening on port 32773
Oct 24 17:53:12 telstra kernel: via82cxxx warning: SG stopped or paused
Oct 24 17:53:12 telstra kernel: via82cxxx warning: SG stopped or paused
Oct 24 17:53:13 telstra bpalogin[2078]: T_MSG_LOGIN_RESP - Login failure: other error
Oct 24 17:53:13 telstra bpalogin[2078]: Sleeping for 60 seconds
Oct 24 17:53:13 telstra kernel: via82cxxx warning: SG stopped or paused
Oct 24 17:53:18 telstra last message repeated 78 times
Oct 24 17:53:18 telstra kernel: MSDOS FS: IO charset iso8859-1
Oct 24 17:53:18 telstra kernel: MSDOS FS: Using codepage 850
Oct 24 17:53:18 telstra kernel: via82cxxx warning: SG stopped or paused
Oct 24 17:53:49 telstra last message repeated 477 times
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