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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- Subject: pppd on an old 386: /var/log/messages
- From: "Ami Bizamcher" <ami(at-nospam)start.co.il>
- Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 17:02:45 +0200
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Here is my /var/log/messages file:pppd[287]: pppd 2.3.10 started by root, uid 0chat[288]: Failedpppd[287]: Connect script failedpppd[287]: Exit.thanks,--Ami Bizamcher
Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>