Well, turns out that is the kernel, not ppp!! I've booted with an old kernel (Karmic's 2.6.31-19) and ppp/wvdial work as expected. So the bug has to be in the kernel (2.6.32-12)
-- ppp won't connect (Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/520372 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs