persist only works when pppd gets broke persist doesn't work when your internet falls dead and your ppp0 connection is still up but no data can be send..... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Favre-Nicolin Vincent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 1:34 PM Subject: [speedtouch] Re: reconnection problems
> > Hi, > > > Firstly thanks for producing the drivers - I have successfully connected > > to my provider (BT openworld). The problem I have is if I want to > > reconnect. After disconnecting by killing pppd , running "pppd call adsl" > > again produces the following log output > > Hmm, you should reconnect automatically when your ISP disconnects you, > AFAIK this is the purpose of the "persist" option in the /etc/peers adsl > file. Do you have it ? > If it does not work, you may have problem with the USB which is not > (somehow) correctly reseted, so disconnecting it, either manually, or softly > if you have no over usb device (rmmod usb-uhci ; sleep 2; modprobe usb-uhci) > may work. > > Best, > Vincent > > PS: for those in Europe, the vote for Software patents is on the 30th of june. > Thought of writing to your representative ? Now's the time... > -- > Vincent Favre-Nicolin > Universit� Joseph Fourier > http://v.favrenicolin.free.fr > ObjCryst & Fox : http://objcryst.sourceforge.net > > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB > Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
