hi all, first of all to Benoit: thanks! my situation: i went through the HOWTO and had moderate success, i guess. However, when I do "ifconfig ppp0" i don't have an IP address and when i try to connect, the network is (obviously :) unavailable.
notables: - RH 7.2, kernel: 2.4.7-10 - instead of: "mount none /proc/bus/usb -t usbdevfs" i have "mount usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb -t usbdevfs" this seems to have been a kernel default - /var/log/messages: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 20 20:19:54 localhost kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Apr 20 20:19:54 localhost kernel: usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_BULK failed dev 2 ep 0x85 len 512 ret -110 Apr 20 20:19:57 localhost kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Apr 20 20:21:18 localhost kernel: CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California Apr 20 20:21:18 localhost kernel: PPP generic driver version 2.4.1 Apr 20 20:21:18 localhost pppd[1513]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Apr 20 20:21:18 localhost pppoa3[1514]: PPPoA3 version 1_0 started by root (uid 0) Apr 20 20:21:18 localhost pppoa3[1514]: Control thread ready Apr 20 20:21:18 localhost pppd[1513]: Using interface ppp0 Apr 20 20:21:18 localhost pppd[1513]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/2 Apr 20 20:21:18 localhost kernel: HDLC line discipline: version 3.2, maxframe=4096 Apr 20 20:21:18 localhost kernel: N_HDLC line discipline registered. Apr 20 20:21:18 localhost pppoa3[1528]: ppp(d) --> pppoa3 --> modem stream ready Apr 20 20:21:18 localhost pppoa3[1529]: modem --> pppoa3 --> ppp(d) stream ready Apr 20 20:21:49 localhost pppd[1513]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Apr 20 20:21:49 localhost pppd[1513]: Connection terminated. Apr 20 20:21:49 localhost pppd[1513]: Using interface ppp0 Apr 20 20:21:49 localhost pppoa3[1538]: PPPoA3 version 1_0 started by root (uid 0) Apr 20 20:21:49 localhost pppoa3[1538]: A previous instance seems to be running Apr 20 20:21:49 localhost pppoa3[1538]: Sending the kill signal to 1514 and waiting... Apr 20 20:21:49 localhost pppoa3[1514]: Received signal 15 (thread 1024) Apr 20 20:21:49 localhost pppoa3[1514]: Woken by a sem_post event -> Exiting Apr 20 20:21:49 localhost pppoa3[1514]: Read from ppp Canceled Apr 20 20:21:49 localhost pppoa3[1514]: Write to ppp Canceled Apr 20 20:21:49 localhost pppd[1513]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/3 Apr 20 20:21:49 localhost pppoa3[1514]: Exiting Apr 20 20:21:49 localhost pppoa3[1538]: Ok, the previous instance seems to quit Apr 20 20:21:49 localhost pppoa3[1538]: Control thread ready Apr 20 20:21:49 localhost pppoa3[1544]: ppp(d) --> pppoa3 --> modem stream ready Apr 20 20:21:49 localhost pppoa3[1545]: modem --> pppoa3 --> ppp(d) stream ready Apr 20 20:22:20 localhost pppd[1513]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Apr 20 20:22:20 localhost pppd[1513]: Connection terminated. ------------------------------------------------------------- the last bit repeats forever. any help is appreciated! thanks, john Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe
