Yup. It looks like you're almost there. It looks like your chat script is waiting too long though because it's printing out the 'text' of the LCP configure requests the other end is sending. I'm guessing the other end is timing out. What's your chat script look like?
Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > I almost seem to be there now--judging from the log file, I have the remote > machine attemtpting to start. But they're still not talking. Here's the end > of the file: > > Aug 14 14:38:16 hawkins chat[338]: Last login: Fri Aug 14 15:21:00 on ttyp0 > from xts3c9.tele.iastate.edu.^M > Aug 14 14:38:16 hawkins chat[338]: No mail.^M > Aug 14 14:38:16 hawkins chat[338]: $ > Aug 14 14:38:16 hawkins chat[338]: -- got it > Aug 14 14:38:16 hawkins chat[338]: send (??????) > Aug 14 14:38:17 hawkins chat[338]: expect (debug) > Aug 14 14:38:17 hawkins chat[338]: pppd^M > Aug 14 14:38:20 hawkins chat[338]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] }8}"}&} } } } [EMAIL > PROTECTED]&} } ?|}'}"}(}"5,[EMAIL PROTECTED] }8}"}&} } } } } > Aug 14 14:38:26 hawkins chat[338]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]&} } ?|}'}"}(}"5,[EMAIL > PROTECTED] }8}"}&} } } } [EMAIL PROTECTED]&} } ?|}'}"}(}"5,~~ > Aug 14 14:38:29 hawkins chat[338]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] }8}"}&} } } } [EMAIL > PROTECTED]&} } ?|}'}"}(}"5,[EMAIL PROTECTED] }8}"}&} } } } }# > Aug 14 14:38:35 hawkins chat[338]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]&} } ?|}'}"}(}"5,[EMAIL > PROTECTED] }8}"}&} } } } [EMAIL PROTECTED]&} } ?|}'}"}(}"5,~~^? > Aug 14 14:38:38 hawkins chat[338]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] }8}"}&} } } } [EMAIL > PROTECTED]&} } ?|}'}"}(}"5,[EMAIL PROTECTED] }8}"}&} } } } }#} > Aug 14 14:38:44 hawkins chat[338]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]&} } ?|}'}"}(}"5,[EMAIL > PROTECTED] }8}"}&} } } } [EMAIL PROTECTED]&} } ?|}'}"}(}"5,~~^?} > Aug 14 14:38:47 hawkins pppd[373]: pppd 2.3.3 started by hawk, uid 0 > Aug 14 14:38:47 hawkins pppd[373]: Using interface ppp0 > Aug 14 14:38:47 hawkins pppd[373]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyp1 > Aug 14 14:39:02 hawkins chat[338]: alarm > Aug 14 14:39:02 hawkins chat[338]: Failed > Aug 14 14:39:02 hawkins pppd[337]: Connect script failed > Aug 14 14:39:03 hawkins pppd[337]: Exit. > Aug 14 14:39:17 hawkins pppd[373]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests > Aug 14 14:39:17 hawkins pppd[373]: Connection terminated. > Aug 14 14:39:17 hawkins pppd[373]: Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean: > Aug 14 14:39:17 hawkins pppd[373]: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0 > Aug 14 14:39:18 hawkins pppd[373]: Exit. > > Don't the garbage lines indicate that the remote machine started? and here's > the corresponding entry from it: > > Aug 14 15:33:31 eyry pppd[1647]: pppd 2.3.5 started by hawkppp, uid 1005 > Aug 14 15:33:31 eyry pppd[1647]: Using interface ppp0 > Aug 14 15:33:31 eyry pppd[1647]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyp1 > Aug 14 15:34:01 eyry pppd[1647]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests > Aug 14 15:34:01 eyry pppd[1647]: Connection terminated. > Aug 14 15:34:02 eyry pppd[1647]: Exit. > > I seem so close, and yet so far. If I ever understand any of this, I'll try > to write a simpler howto . . . > \ > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]