On Tue, 10 May 2011 10:10:37 -0500 James McKenzie <jjmckenzi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 7:00 AM, Ranjan Maitra <mai...@iastate.edu> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have been using wvdial (briefly) and I have a strange outcome when I > > disconnect. This happens about 90% of the time. About 10% of the time, > > it exits cleanly and everything is fine, but my question pertains to > > the other 90%. > > > > So, I hit ctrl-c and get the following > > > > ^CCaught signal 2: Attempting to exit gracefully... > > % > > > > There is no wvdial process anymore. > > > > $ killall wvdial > > wvdial: no process found > > > > > > However, the connection is not terminated (the meter is running), and > > indeed, > > > > $ ps aux | grep wvdial > > root 2024 0.0 0.0 50616 2344 pts/0 S 08:39 0:00 > > /usr/sbin/pppd 230400 modem crtscts defaultroute usehostname -detach user 1 > > noipdefault call wvdial usepeerdns idle 3600 logfd 6 remotename 0 > > kill -15 2024 > if that fails > kill -9 2024 > as root > > This should disconnect you. > > James McKenzie Thank you! I guess the answer then is, to try sudo killall pppd which should do it? This works! At least has, this first time around.... Is the other anomalous behavior a bug? Reported against what? sudo tail -f /var/log/messages offers no clue. Many thanks again, and best wishes, Ranjan -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
