Regarding my problem getting chat to do anything, even though the serial
line is OK, evidenced by successful cu sessions and the ability to get
pppd going on the slackware install on the same machine.
On 19 Sep 1999, John Hasler wrote:
> I just had a thought. Try changing the line
>
> '' ATZ
>
> to
>
> '' \dATZ
>
> The '\d' tells chat to pause for one second. The modem may need some time
> to get ready.
The same thing happens. /var/log/messages follows:
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle syslogd 1.3-3#32: restart.
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: klogd 1.3-3#32, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.2.10
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Loaded 9268 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.2.10.
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.2.10.
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Loaded 107 symbols from 10 modules.
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Linux version 2.2.10 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc
version e
gcs-2.91.66 Debian GNU/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #2 Wed Jun 16 00:23:31 EST
1999
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Detected 233872887 Hz processor.
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Calibrating delay loop... 233.47 BogoMIPS
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Memory: 62184k/65536k available (1688k kernel cod
e, 408k reserved, 1100k data, 156k init)
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Checking if this processor honours the WP bit
eve
n in supervisor mode... Ok.
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: CPU: Cyrix M II 3.5x Core/Bus Clock stepping 03
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using
exception 16 error reporting.
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Checking for popad bug... OK.
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: mtrr: v1.35 (19990512) Richard Gooch ([EMAIL
PROTECTED])
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb310
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Based upon Swansea University Computer Society
NET3.039
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Starting kswapd v 1.5
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Real Time Clock Driver v1.09
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: tpqic02: Runtime config, $Revision: 1.10 $,
$Date : 1997/01/26 07:13:20 $
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: tpqic02: DMA buffers: 20 blocks
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of
4096K size
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: loop: registered device at major 7
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00
device 78, VID=10b9, DID=5229
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: PCI_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs
later
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: PCI_IDE: simplex device: DMA disabled
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: ide0: PCI_IDE Bus-Master DMA disabled (BIOS)
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: PCI_IDE: simplex device: DMA disabled
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: ide1: PCI_IDE Bus-Master DMA disabled (BIOS)
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: hda: FUJITSU MPC3043AT, ATA DISK drive
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: hdb: WDC AC2850F, ATA DISK drive
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: hdd: GCD-R540, ATAPI CDROM drive
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: hda: FUJITSU MPC3043AT, 4125MB w/0kB Cache,
CHS=5 25/255/63
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: hdb: WDC AC2850F, 814MB w/64kB Cache,
CHS=827/32/ 63
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: hdd: ATAPI 4X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.55
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: scsi: <fdomain> Detection failed (no card)
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: NCR53c406a: no available ports found
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: sym53c416.c: Version 1.0.0
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card!
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: IBM MCA SCSI: No Microchannel-bus support
present -> Aborting.
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: EATA0: address 0x1f0 in use, skipping probe.
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: EATA0: address 0x170 in use, skipping probe.
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: DC390: 0 adapters found
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: aec671x_detect:
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: scsi : 0 hosts.
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: scsi : detected total.
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Partition check:
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: hda: hda1 hda2 hda3
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3 hdb4
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 156k freed
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0.
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Adding Swap: 72288k swap-space (priority -1)
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Adding Swap: 16124k swap-space (priority -2)
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x3bc [SPP]
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present.
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling).
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial
options enabled
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the
University of California
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling)
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: PPP line discipline registered.
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: hdd: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady
Seek Complete Error }
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: hdd: command error: error=0x51
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector
64
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=16:40,
iso_blknum=16, block=32
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: ATAPI device hdd:
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Error: Illegal request -- (Sense key=0x05)
Sep 20 11:54:22 castle kernel: Cannot read medium - incompatible format --
(as c=0x30, ascq=0x02)
Sep 20 11:55:51 castle kernel: registered device ppp0
Sep 20 11:55:51 castle pppd[543]: pppd 2.3.8 started by root, uid 0
Sep 20 11:55:52 castle chat[546]: timeout set to 10 seconds
Sep 20 11:55:52 castle chat[546]: send (ATH0^M)
Sep 20 11:55:52 castle chat[546]: expect (OK)
Sep 20 11:56:02 castle chat[546]: alarm
Sep 20 11:56:02 castle chat[546]: Failed
Sep 20 11:56:02 castle chat[549]: abort on (NO CARRIER)
Sep 20 11:56:02 castle chat[549]: abort on (BUSY)
Sep 20 11:56:02 castle chat[549]: send (AT^M)
Sep 20 11:56:02 castle chat[549]: expect (OK)
Sep 20 11:56:23 castle pppd[554]: pppd 2.3.8 started by root, uid 0
Sep 20 11:56:23 castle pppd[554]: Device modem is locked by pid 543
Sep 20 11:56:23 castle pppd[554]: Exit.
Sep 20 11:56:47 castle chat[549]: alarm
Sep 20 11:56:47 castle chat[549]: Failed
Sep 20 11:56:48 castle pppd[543]: Exit.
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Robert King, Australian Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Australia
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