Hi,

I like to start simple when troubleshooting problems like this.  Check
your /etc/ttys file and make sure that /dev/tty00 is off.  I had a 
similar problem where I was using a serial connection from my modem port
and then I plugged in a modem and tried to do a ppp connection.  I 
got the same kind of behavior from chat.  It tried to run, finds the 
modem port is busy, and stops and then retries.

I think it is worth checking.

Mark

On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Bill Studenmund 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.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > 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.
> 
> As Steve and Paul mentioned, it sounds like chat is dying quickly. Try
> Paul's suggestion about adding -v to chat, and setting up the error
> logging. I think the ppp kit has a debugging version of the file which
> calls chat, adding the -v option.
> 
> > 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?
> 
> Your dynamic address shouldn't cause problems. Those scripts are the
> ones I use, and I have a dynamic address.
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Bill
> 

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