From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 16 11:23:26 1999 Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA23276 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 11:23:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA14001; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 19:21:47 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA00563; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 18:59:46 GMT (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199902161859.SAA00563@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Christopher Michaels cc: "FreeBSD Mailing List (E-mail)" Subject: Re: Odd PPP -auto behavior In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 15 Feb 1999 11:26:49 EST." <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB441A5EEC@site2s1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 18:59:46 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hello, > I am running 2.2.8 with the most up-to-date sources. I am currently using > ppp -alias -auto to dial up to my service provider. I put the ppp command > in my rc.local so it will start when the system starts. My problem is the > following. > When the system boots, it dials up the modem and appears to make a > connection, but as far as I can tell, ppp immediately exits. If I login and > manually type ppp -alias -auto it seems to work fine. > My questions are #1 has anyone heard of this? #2 Where can I look to trouble > shoot this, what set log should I use? You may want to get the latest ppp from http://www.Awfulak.org/ppp.html Ppp now waits 1 second by default before checking for carrier - as it did in the pre-2.0 days. > Thanks, > Chris -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message