Re: ppp still broken


Subject: Re: ppp still broken
From: Paul J. Lucas (pjl@barefooters.org)
Date: Sat Mar 18 2000 - 12:31:09 MST


On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Jim Cole wrote:

> You are probably already doing so, but if not you might try running
> pppd as root just to eliminate some possibilities.

        Yes, I'm running it as root.

> Is /var/log/messages telling you anything interesting?

        Not that I can see:

                kernel: PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialing)
                kernel: PPP line discipline registered.
                kernel: registered device ppp0
                pppd: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
                pppd: Using interface ppp0
                pppd: local IP address 205.149.180.188
                pppd: remote IP address 204.156.128.1

        then nothing.

        The strace on pppd shows that it hangs on:

                _newselect(0x6, ...)

        where file descriptor 6 is /dev/pts/3 that it opened earlier,
        presumeably the tty device it needs to operate.

> The problem went away when I cleared the default route before trying to start
> ppp.

        How does one clear the default route?

        - Paul



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