>I applied those patches to my -current sources and installed the new
>pppd and chat.  It did not seem to help.  It is still reliably the
>case that when the modem drops, pppd fails to notice and die as it should.

Are you sure it's not a hardware problem?  Maybe an incorrect/incomplete
cable?  Maybe your modem isn't set up correctly to hang up when it
receives a DTR transition?

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  Michael L. VanLoon                                 michaelv@HeadCandy.com
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     NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4, PC532,
                           DEC pmax (MIPS R2k/3k), DEC/AXP (Alpha)
     NetBSD ports in progress: VAX and others...
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