[Eug-lug] WTF did you do to my machine Larry?

[Ben Barrett]

Also if you do get fulled connected, you might get some clues on further
debugging from the counts/stats on the network interface -- how many packets
have gone in and out?

ben


On 8/27/07, erock23175 at aol.com <erock23175 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>  I havn't had an opportunity to implement either your or Larry's
> suggestions yet. However, when it goes through the process, It's like it
> completes the connection then is stalled at the server, then it dumps the
> connection.  I'll get back to you guys this afternoon on my progress.
>
> -E
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Parker <nparker at lyl.llx.com>
> To: euglug at euglug.org
> Sent: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 10:46 pm
> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] WTF did you do to my machine Larry?
>
>  Larry Price wrote,
>
> >try rerunning pppconfig and making sure that the connection settings
>
> >are as they should be.
>
> >
>
> >If that doesn't cure it, look through /etc/event.d and make sure that
>
> >it is not launching a getty on ttyS0
>
> >
>
> >Also look to make sure there is a /dev/ttyS0 and that pppd thinks that
>
> >that's where the modem is.
>
> >
>
> >On 8/26/07, erock23175 at aol.com <erock23175 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> >> For some reason I can't stay online anymore. The computer sees the mod=
em,
>
> >> dials the modem, waits for carrier and then dumps the connection for l=
ack of
>
> >> one. I know it isn't that the computer can't see the modem as I can he=
ar and
>
> >> see it dialing out and achieving a connection, I know it isn't my prov=
ider
>
> >> due to the fact that A) I'm signed on right now on the same account on=
 my
>
> >> virii-ridden Windoze machine, and B) it was working just fine before. =
I'm
>
> >> convinced that some file got messed with when we did that serial netwo=
rk
>
> >> set-up, I just don't know what. Any help???
>
>
> Personally, I doubt the problem is in /etc/event.d or the lack of a
>
> /dev/ttyS0.  If it were either of those, the errer would appear before
>
> the modem even tried to dial.  Besides, in the /etc/event.d case, we
>
> verified before we left on Thursday that the getty we had running on
>
> /dev/ttyS0 was gone.
>
>
> My advice would be to look in the log files.  Become root, and do this:
>
>
>      cd /var/log
>
>      less messages
>
>
> This should display your system message log on the screen.  Type "G" to go
>
> to the end, and then "?pppd" to search backward for the most recent
>
> message from PPP.  The error that's causing the problem should be
>
> somewhere near that point.  (You can press the space bar to go forward a
>
> screenful, or "b" to go backward a screenful.  Press "q" to get back to
>
> the command line.)
>
>
> What does the error message say?
>
>
> (If you can't find an error message in "less messages", try the above
>
> with "less syslog".)
>
>
>
> Also, what does the error sound like?  Normally when I connect I hear the
>
> dialtone, followed by the tones for the digits of phone number, maybe a
>
> ring or two, and then a few seconds of steady tones, and a bunch of
>
> static, and then I'm connected.  How far into that sequence does yours get
>
> before it fails?
>
>
>                - Neil Parker
>
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