"ludd pppd[420]: Modem hangup" occurs frequently, immediately after booting up and rarely thereafter.
Sep 21 07:54:14 ludd pppd[420]: pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0 Sep 21 07:54:42 ludd pppd[420]: Serial connection established. Sep 21 07:54:43 ludd pppd[420]: Using interface ppp0 Sep 21 07:54:43 ludd pppd[420]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0 Sep 21 07:54:43 ludd pppd[420]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0xffff8409> <pcomp> <accomp>] Sep 21 07:54:43 ludd pppd[420]: Hangup (SIGHUP) *** Sep 21 07:54:43 ludd pppd[420]: Modem hangup Sep 21 07:54:43 ludd pppd[420]: Connection terminated. Sep 21 07:54:44 ludd pppd[420]: Exit. What sort of problem is it? Is this a problem on my end of the connection? Successful connections proceed as follows. Sep 21 07:57:33 ludd pppd[537]: pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0 Sep 21 07:58:00 ludd pppd[537]: Serial connection established. Sep 21 07:58:01 ludd pppd[537]: Using interface ppp0 Sep 21 07:58:01 ludd pppd[537]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0 Sep 21 07:58:01 ludd pppd[537]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x5f1f> <pcomp> <accomp>] Sep 21 07:58:01 ludd pppd[537]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x36ebfc5b> <pcomp> <accomp> <auth pap>] Sep 21 07:58:01 ludd pppd[537]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x36ebfc5b> <pcomp> <accomp> <auth pap>] Sep 21 07:58:04 ludd pppd[537]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x5f1f> <pcomp> <accomp>] Sep 21 07:58:04 ludd pppd[537]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x5f1f> <pcomp> <accomp>] Sep 21 07:58:04 ludd pppd[537]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 user="userid" password="my_password"] Sep 21 07:58:05 ludd pppd[537]: rcvd [PAP AuthAck id=0x1 "Login Succeeded"] Sep 21 07:58:05 ludd pppd[537]: Remote message: Login Succeeded Normal termination: Sep 21 09:10:50 ludd pppd[834]: Terminating on signal 15. Sep 21 09:10:50 ludd pppd[834]: sent [LCP TermReq id=0x2 "User request"] Sep 21 09:10:51 ludd pppd[834]: rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x2] *** Sep 21 09:10:51 ludd pppd[834]: Hangup (SIGHUP) Sep 21 09:10:51 ludd pppd[834]: Connection terminated. Sep 21 09:10:52 ludd pppd[834]: Exit. Sometimes the "Hangup (SIGHUP)" line is missing. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jack Kern Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Debian GNU/Linux