Well, I did it. I managed to make "eciadsl-start" work the first time, at least under Kubuntu Edgy AMD64 (but probably it may work on other versions / platforms). The trick was to change the following line of the script /usr/bin/eciadsl-start from: nice --20 /usr/sbin/pppd call adsl updetach to nice --6 /usr/sbin/pppd call adsl updetach
With such a change the script doesn't hang any more inside pppd and completes succesfully. My skill on linux kernel things is very low, but I suppose the niceness requested to the process pppd was too extreme. After many try-and-reboot I found that a value less than 10 is required to work correctly. In fact, pppd will spawn pppoeci (see /etc/ppp/peers/adsl) with -10 more niceness (don't ask me why). I hope some skilled guy will find a more scientific diagnosis and remedy, in the meantime I'm happy with this. In short, to make things work try the following: 1. Edit as root the file /usr/bin/eciadsl-start 2. Find the line with the word "nice" 3. Replace "--20" with "--6" (eventually try another number) 4. Save, close, reboot, run eciadsl-start as usual, pray God, say wow! ** Attachment added: "The modified script" http://librarian.launchpad.net/5311393/eciadsl-start-1 -- eciadsl works every second time with 2.6.15 kernel, worked with breezy's kernel https://launchpad.net/bugs/41833 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
