Subject: Re: pcmcia modem + ppp problems under -current
To: Nicolas Joly <njoly@pasteur.fr>
From: Brian A. Seklecki <lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/02/2002 03:51:28
drop this into /etc/remote:

modem:dv=/dev/tty02:br#115200:pa=none:dc:

..then try to 'tip modem'.  can you send AT commands that way?  Are you
getting any debugging output from chat or pppd? set you dial command to
"chat -V"

-lava

On Mon, 1 Jul 2002 @ 7:07pm (+0200), Nicolas Joly wrote:

NJ>
NJ> Hi,
NJ>
NJ> I can't make ppp work with a Olitec 28800 pcmcia modem card on my Dell
NJ> Inspiron 2600 laptop under -current (1.6B).
NJ>
NJ> The modem is detected as `com3' and i can dial my ISP using cu. But
NJ> the modem seems to be unreachable with the command `pppd call myisp'.
NJ>
NJ> Jul  1 18:47:59 calamity pppd[260]: pppd 2.4.1 started by njoly, uid 0
NJ> Jul  1 18:48:00 calamity chat[262]: abort on (BUSY)
NJ> Jul  1 18:48:00 calamity chat[262]: abort on (NO CARRIER)
NJ> Jul  1 18:48:00 calamity chat[262]: abort on (NO DIALTONE)
NJ> Jul  1 18:48:00 calamity chat[262]: send (ATZ^M)
NJ> Jul  1 18:48:00 calamity chat[262]: expect (OK)
NJ> Jul  1 18:48:45 calamity chat[262]: alarm
NJ> Jul  1 18:48:45 calamity chat[262]: Failed
NJ> Jul  1 18:48:45 calamity pppd[260]: Connect script failed
NJ> Jul  1 18:48:48 calamity pppd[260]: Exit.
NJ>
NJ> Here follow ppp config files :
NJ>
NJ> root@calamity [~]# cat /etc/ppp/options
NJ> /dev/tty03
NJ> lock
NJ> crtscts
NJ> 57600
NJ> modem
NJ> defaultroute
NJ> noipdefault
NJ> debug
NJ>
NJ> root@calamity [~]# cat /etc/ppp/peers/myisp
NJ> connect '/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/ppp/peers/myisp.chat'
NJ> noauth
NJ> user njoly
NJ>
NJ> root@calamity [~]# cat /etc/ppp/peers/myisp.chat
NJ> ABORT BUSY
NJ> ABORT 'NO CARRIER'
NJ> ABORT 'NO DIALTONE'
NJ>
NJ> '' ATZ
NJ> OK ATDTxxxxxxx
NJ> CONNECT ''
NJ>
NJ>
NJ> The modem part of dmesg :
NJ>
NJ> pcmcia0: CIS version PCMCIA 2.0 or 2.1
NJ> pcmcia0: CIS info: Olitec, Olitec 28800 PCMCIA, 2.1.31A, 0,1,2
NJ> pcmcia0: Manufacturer code 0x105, product 0x101
NJ> pcmcia0: function 0: serial port, ccr addr 100 mask 17
NJ> pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 48: I/O card; irq mask 86b8; iomask a, iospace 3f8-3ff; rdybsy_active io8 irqpulse irqlevel powerdown audio
NJ> pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 49: I/O card; irq mask 86b8; iomask a, iospace 2f8-2ff; rdybsy_active io8 irqpulse irqlevel powerdown audio
NJ> pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 50: I/O card; irq mask 86b8; iomask a, iospace 3e8-3ef; rdybsy_active io8 irqpulse irqlevel powerdown audio
NJ> pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 51: I/O card; irq mask 86b8; iomask a, iospace 2e8-2ef; rdybsy_active io8 irqpulse irqlevel powerdown audio
NJ> pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 36: I/O card; irq mask 86b8; iomask 3, iospace 0-7; rdybsy_active io8 irqpulse irqlevel powerdown audio
NJ> pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 37: I/O card; irq mask 86b8; iomask a, iospace 3bc-3bf; rdybsy_active io8 irqpulse irqlevel powerdown audio
NJ> pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 38: I/O card; irq mask 86b8; iomask a, iospace 378-37b; rdybsy_active io8 irqpulse irqlevel powerdown audio
NJ> pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 39: I/O card; irq mask 86b8; iomask a, iospace 278-27b; rdybsy_active io8 irqpulse irqlevel powerdown audio
NJ> com3 at pcmcia0 function 0: serial device
NJ> com3: ns16550a, working fifo
NJ>
NJ> Thanks in advance.
NJ>
NJ> --
NJ> Nicolas Joly
NJ>
NJ> Biological Software and Databanks.
NJ> Pasteur Institute, Paris.
NJ>

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