Re: Re:Serial port/modem/ppp problem...

[awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

> The kernel is version 2.2.12.

That busts one theory.

> Do most people typically use scripts for ppp-on/off?  I don't mind 
taking X
> or KDE out of the equation, but I don't have any scripts so I might 
need
> some more help in that department.  I did this about a year ago, but I 
don't
> remember where I got the scripts to modify and use.  Since then, I've 
waxed
> Linux and lost those files, I'm sorry to report.

I use demand dialing,  there is a document about that in the tech 
notes section of the KLUG web server.

> Windows doesn't really advertise the init string (stupid windows...
> Surprised there isn't a "View Modem Initialization String Wizard"...)  
I
> looked in the inf file that I used to set up the modem under Windows 
and
> used that in Linux.  Problem is, after the default init string, there 
are
> lots of options that are set separately - error correction, etc.  
Important
> things.  I can't think of a good way to get windows to share exactly 
what it
> send, though.  By looking at the Windows setting, I see that:
>   Use FIFO buffers is enabled.
>   Error control is enabled
>   "Compress data" is selected
>   Modulation type is 'standard
>   Hardware flow control (rts/cts) is enabled.

Even in "Modems" under the control panel?  I checked a Win95 box at 
the office and it shows the init string there.

> crtscts is in the options file, but I'm not sure how to set the 
'debug'
> option.  Is this a pppd thing?  Do I just put "debug" on a line in the
> options file?  Once this option is set, how do I look at the errors?  
I
> suppose it'll write them to a file or proc...

Yep, just put "debug" in the options file.  Messages are written to 
/var/log/messages, at least on my system.