Subject: Re: This system lacks kernel support for PPP (?)
To: M J Dowden <mjdowden@panix.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-vax
Date: 10/02/2002 10:54:44
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, M J Dowden wrote:

> 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
> >
> >	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.

	How are you connecting the systems up - are you using a modem or
	via a direct serial link between two machines?

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