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Re: pppd on an old 386: /var/log/messages
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>
> To: Ami Bizamcher <ami@start.co.il>
> Cc: <linux-il@linux.org.il>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 7:28 PM
> Subject: Re: pppd on an old 386: /var/log/messages
>
>
> > Chat is the part (program) that handles the modem init + initialize
> > connection, before the actual PPP protocol takes over. It is odd that it
> works
> > for the 586 but not the 386, but here it is. Perhaps the 386 has a
> > missing/extra character in some file? Anyway, the fact that your modem
> > whistles still does not imply that all is fine, as the logs proves.
> Perhaps
> > the 386 has some IRQ conflict? This can explain why the same software +
> config
> > files behaves differently on different machines.
> > As someone else has pointed out, having a more detailed log can help you
> > observe and isolate the problem more clearly. But even with the current
> log it
> > should be different then the 586 log. Is it?
> >
> > Using minicom on the 386 and preferably on both the 386 and 586 might be
> > instructive.
> >
>
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> >
> > Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>
> >
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>
> I'm 100% sure that the files match!, so the problem isnt there. although
> minicom does a strang thing:
>
> When i connect through minicom, and i need to log in in with a user and
> pass, I get some unkown chars befor i can connect.
>
> here is an example:
>
> username: .ta
>
> As you see the username starts with something that i have no clue about (if
> it should be there, well i dont know :)
>
> There isnt much more detailed log i can show you. The connection stops with
> the 'chat' program (it exits, so pppd exits). I used the -v option in the
> chat program. If there is a way too show more detailed logs , please tell me
> and i'll post them here.
>
> You said IRQ conflic, please explain more.
>
IRQ stands for Interrupt Request.
Basically, when some device like a modem or network interface needs the system
attention, it signal this need on a line (wire) which is supposed to be
dedicated only for that device. This ensures that the system can tell which
device asked its attention. Now when the system is not configured properly it
could be that 2 different devices are using the same line to ask for the
system attention. In this case, which is known as IRQ conflict, how can the
system tell which device actually asked its attention?
Note that this explanation is somewhat simplified but it is basically correct.
> thanks,
>
> --Ami Bizamcher.
>
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Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>
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