I don't know what problem you're all seeing but on my SPARC running
ppp-2.3.1 on Solaris 2.5.1, modem disconnects are no longer recognized and
my SPARC blithely sends data to my modem. I thought it was a problem with
the patches I loaded into the OS, but it sounds like it's ppp. Is that the
problem everyone else is seeing?

On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Paul Goyette wrote:

> Hmmm.  My connect script starts off with a "stty clocal" for just this
> reason.  But it still wouldn't connect.
> 
> On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Scott Reynolds wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Paul Goyette wrote:
> > 
> > > 'cuz it shouldn't need "local" to work.
> > 
> > The obvious problem is that in pppd/main.c on line 465, CLOCAL is no
> > longer set for connect scripts.  The comment says
> > 
> > 	/*
> > 	 * Set line speed, flow control, etc.
> > 	 * Previously, if we had a connection script, we would set CLOCAL
> > 	 * while the script was running.  But then, if CD was negated
> > 	 * before the script finished, we would miss it.
> > 	 */
> > 
> > What I don't get is how scripts are _supposed_ to work, now...
> > 
> > --scott
> > 
> > 
> 
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