Turn on local2 in syslogd.conf, and edit the files to invoke chat with the
-v option.  This should help find out why you're not connecting.

On Sat, 1 Mar 1997, Tim Schmidt wrote:

> Sorry, but I've decided to give PPP a try myself... unsuccessfully.
> 
> My setup:  IIsi, 17M, NetBSD 1.2, generic kernel, Intel 14.4 modem.
> 
> I used Bill Studenmund's PPP kit, with extra help from Mark Andres'
> instructions.  I *think* I have everything set right.
> 
> I login as root and type "/etc/ppp/ppp-up".  NetBSD says "Connecting...
> Done."  And then prints pppd's pid.  This is what I see when I do
> "ps -x" (irrelevant ones left out):
> 
>   PID TT  STAT      TIME COMMAND
>   100 ??  Is     0:00.18 /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/tty00 19200 connect /etc/ppp/ppp-co
> nnect /etc/ppp/ppp-number
>   101 ??  I      0:00.19 sh -c /etc/ppp/ppp-connect /etc/ppp/ppp-numbers /etc/pp
> p/ppp-login /etc/ppp/ppp-
>   102 ??  S      0:00.95 /bin/sh /etc/ppp/ppp-connect /etc/ppp/ppp-numbers /etc/
> ppp/ppp-login /etc/ppp/pp
>   133 ??  S      0:00.73 /usr/sbin/chat   /tmp/ppp-report  /tmp/chat-script
> 
> However, nothing happens.  The modem, far as I can tell, is never touched.
> 
> Notice how the chat pid is 33 higher than the first ppp-related one?  That's
> because every few seconds a new process replaces the old one, and I get
> one entry of:
> 
> Opening "/tmp/ppp-report"...
> Closing "/tmp/ppp-report".
> 
> in /tmp/ppp-report for every process.  No idea why.  I've got "debug kdebug 1"
> set, which is supposed to send error messages to syslogd, type daemon, level
> debug.  So I added daemon.debug to syslog.conf and told it what file to write
> to.  Only thing relevant I got was:
> 
> Mar  1 19:35:02 tiger pppd[100]: pppd 2.3.0 started by root, uid 0
> 
> ...which is exactly what I got at the command line.
> 
> All files are exactly the same as those in Bill's ppp kit, except that
> options and ppp-login were modified for my ISP account, as required.
> 
> I imagine that my dynamic address will cause me problems.. but that's
> later.. I can't even get the modem to dial, yet.  Any suggestions?
> 
> Again, sorry for beating a dead horse..
> 
> Thanks for any help..
> 
>    Tim
> 
> 
>   ____ Tim Schmidt _____
>  // -> rad@wco.com <- //  Doctor: Are you troubled by impure thoughts?  \\
> // schmidt@etak.com  // Patient: To tell the truth, I rather enjoy them! \\
> 
> 
> 

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