> :On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> :
> :> > The chat script seems to run successfully incl the "ogin: and word:" -
> :> > part, but then pppd dies with  a message "modem hangup" in
> :> > /var/log/messages (after a "connect  ppp0<->tty0" (or so) message) and
> :> > the "TR"-LED on my modem becomes dark.
> :
> :This is the same thing that my PB145 does.  Interesting that it's
> :generally only happening on powerbooks.  Any chance there's something
> :eccentric about the powerbooks' serial ports that make them work for most
> :things, but flake with ppp? 

I also had this problem on my LCII. The resolution I found was to add 
"local" to the /etc/ppp/options file. pppd doesn't watch the modem CD
signal with that option turned on. 

--Kelly
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| Kelly A. Campbell              | Kansas State University     |
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| camk@ksu.edu                   | Applications Developer      |
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