[99935] in RedHat Linux List
RE: a new PPP error in the logs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Cifreo)
Tue Nov 17 16:14:15 1998
From: Eric Cifreo <Eric@kazan.com>
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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 15:11:49 -0600
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>>
>> /var/log/messages says, "PPP line discipline successfully
>> registered, tcgetattr (I/O error)." I have set up ppp on
>> a handful of other machines, but have never run across this
>> one.
>COM1 = /dev/ttyS0 = /dev/cua0
>COM2 = /dev/ttyS1 = /dev/cua1
>could that be the problem?
Nope, the modem's on the external serial port,
that Win98 claims is COM2, so we're set to /dev/ttyS1.
>Check # ls -l /dev/modem to see what it points to.
Points to ttyS1.
>Try also
># cu -l /dev/xxxx -s 38400
>Try AT<return>
>and ATDT<isp-phone-no><return>
>To exit from cu, type tilde-dot (~.).
>Little cu is simple and easier than messing with minicom or xminicom,
>as a test of the serial ports and the modem.
OK, we'll try "cu" and report back later.
Thanks, Jan
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