[99080] in RedHat Linux List
RE: Dialup problems, is my config bad?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Frank N. Stein)
Thu Nov 12 06:14:29 1998
In-Reply-To: <3648F1EB.12D0FA7@cbd.net>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 05:15:46 -0600 (CST)
From: "Frank N. Stein" <kcsmart@microlink.net>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com
Reply-To: redhat-list@redhat.com
On 11-Nov-98 Jon Shoberg complained about Dialup problems, is my config
bad?:
> Alrighty,
>
> It seems anymore I come home and have to fight this OS for a
good
> 45min
> to an hour just to dialout. Part of it is that my ISP is getting
> large
> enough now that its phones are not answering and timing out.
>
> I am a single user of Red Hat (5.2). I am and will be the only
> person
> on my machine, aside from my buddy root :) Now, I like how I can set
> the box to dialout durring the boot process (basically the last thing
> it
> does) and by the time Xwindows is started, I'm ready to roll. The
> option to login is set via 'linuxconf' as root.
>
> Problem 1:
> If the ISP does not answer and times out, I might as well reboot.
> The
> modem (/dev/cua0) becomes locked and I made popcorn, come back and
> the
> OS hasn't released that device by then. How can I unlock it to dial
> out
> again?
>
> Problem 2:
> Once the modem is unlocked and Linuxhas booted, how do I start a
> dialup
> again? I saw Jan Carlson's post about 3 steps to PPP. For me,
> /sbin/ppp0 as either 'root' or user login does nothing. However, it
> will login durring boot or sometimes log back in, after the
> connection
> was dropped.
Sounds to me like you don't have your dialup set up too well.
I simply went into netconfig (or whatever it's called) on control-panel
and set it up there. I _DID_NOT_ have it set to come up at boot time.
That might be where you're locking is coming from and you might need to
undo it to get rid of that.
That, of course, means you'll need to manually dial each time. You can
still use the netconfig program but, only as root.
You can start using the chat scripts. An ordinary user can be allowed
to get those going. But, for some (namely ME) those are a little
unwieldy and more trouble than they should be (I may have missed The
Easier Way (C) to use them).
The alternative, since I'm assuming you mostly work in X, is a dialer,
like ezppp or xisp. I've used both and both work fine. I've also had
KDE installed and found its dialer works fine in fvwm, xfce, etc. I've
also recently found a file on Freshmeat called wvdial. It's text-based
and didn't create the file it claimed it would in the place it claimed
it would. But, it did create a file in a different place that I moved
and renamed and editted. It now works fine, too. And I only need the
one command. A CTRL-C will end the session instead of another script.
So, there are alternatives. But, you first need to get that lock off of
your modem and it appears to me that to do it you'll have to quit
dialling at boot time. Then see if you can get it working on demand.
--
PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES!
http://www.redhat.com http://archive.redhat.com
To unsubscribe: mail redhat-list-request@redhat.com with
"unsubscribe" as the Subject.
