Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 19:00:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: bin/3885: User PPP hangs forever with -ddial Message-ID: <199706170200.TAA15828@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/3885; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
To: stesin@gu.net
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/3885: User PPP hangs forever with -ddial
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 02:49:56 +0100
>
> >Number: 3885
> >Category: bin
> >Synopsis: /usr/bin/ppp -ddial sleeps forever instead of redial
> >Confidential: no
> >Severity: critical
> >Priority: high
> >Responsible: freebsd-bugs
> >State: open
> >Class: sw-bug
> >Submitter-Id: current-users
> >Arrival-Date: Mon Jun 16 13:30:01 PDT 1997
> >Last-Modified:
> >Originator: Andrew Stesin
> >Organization:
> just me
> >Release: FreeBSD 2.2-970612-RELENG i386
> >Environment:
> FreeBSD connected to cisco 2511 with 57600 async LL
>
> The condifuration is pretty much usual. Some recent
> version of PPP (pre-2.2.2) worked well and still does.
>
> >Description:
>
> Permanent PPP LL connection starts form /etc/start_if.tun0
> but the problem occurs after manual dial as well.
>
> After a carrier drop PPP doesn't redial, log shows
> that it goes to a state when the last 3 messages
> in the log are:
>
> ... LCP: State change Req-Sent --> Stopped
> ... LCP: LcpLayerFinish
> ... Phase: NewPhase: Dead
>
> ... and it just sits there forever.
>
> If I telnet 127.0.0.1 3000 then after a few different "show"
> commands I noticed that redial timer (is set to 5 seconds
> and 999 attempts) is not decremented, PPP just sits at
> "3 seconds remained until a redial attempt" or alike.
>
> "3 seconds" aren't changing.
>
> >How-To-Repeat:
>
> I think that just launch /usr/bin/ppp -ddial to something
> which speaks PPP, and wait (or provoce) a carrier drop
> or line disconnect.
>
> I did this a few times with identical results.
>
> >Fix:
>
> Considering the fact that recently some changes
> were applied to PPP, I think that some damage was
> done to PPP state machine with regard to redialing,
> it worked in pre-2.2.2 days.
>
> Nothing more detailed, sorry. The testbed is here
> and I'm ready to do any test and actions one would
> like me to do in order to discover problem source.
>
> >Audit-Trail:
> >Unformatted:
Can you try out the current version from RELENG_2_2 -
main.c version 1.22.2.26 and drop me a line with your
successes/failures ? Thanks.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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