Subject: Re: This system lacks kernel support for PPP (?)
To: None <port-vax@netbsd.org>
From: M J Dowden <mjdowden@panix.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 10/01/2002 20:14:56
At 12:03 PM +0100 10/1/2002, David Brownlee wrote:
>
>	A generic 1.6 kernel with ppp support is now at:
>	ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/vax/kernels/netbsd-1.6+ppp
>	I've not had a chance to test it, so please make sure you backup
>	your old kernel before installing.
>
>	ppp has been enabled in GENERIC in current, a pullup request will
>	be sent which hopefully will make 1.6.1.


     Thank you, David. The new kernel boots and runs without a 
problem. However, it won't make a PPP connection. Here is some output 
for further debugging:


Oct  1 19:56:51 notung chat[221]: send (^M)
Oct  1 19:56:51 notung pppd[218]: Serial connection established.
Oct  1 19:56:51 notung pppd[218]: Using interface ppp0
Oct  1 19:56:51 notung pppd[218]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS2
Oct  1 19:57:22 notung pppd[218]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
Oct  1 19:57:22 notung pppd[218]: Connection terminated.
Oct  1 19:57:22 notung pppd[218]: Serial link is not 8-bit clean:
Oct  1 19:57:22 notung pppd[218]: All received characters had bit 7 set to 0
Oct  1 19:57:23 notung pppd[218]: Exit.

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