>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Reynolds <scottr@plexus.com> writes:

>> Using "/dev/tty01" WITHOUT an active carrier e.g. to dial out with
>> "chat".

Scott> I've been giving this some thought, and I've come to the
Scott> conclusion that a few lines of code in pppd, appropriately
Scott> placed, would solve this problem.

I'm not sure that pppd alone is all you need to change, but in any case
I have been using a slightly tweaked pppd and chat program for 6 months
without problems.  When sun-lamp and its GNATS database resurface, I'll
see if I ever filed a PR on this, and if not, file one.

==John