Mgetty & Linux PPP-2.2.0a

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Hi,

Basie Etukudo wrote:
> I am having much trouble getting the pppd to startup on my system.
> I figure I should start here first because of the nature of the problem.
> First, I'm running Slackware 2.3 with Kernel 1.2.13, GVC 14.4K modem
> which has worked excellently with mgetty, ppp-2.2.0a and mgetty-099.
> 
> Now, when I try to make a ppp connection with another system on the
> net, the modem dials and begins negotiating the modem-to-modem
> connection and in the process, the negotiation is dropped. Debugging
> the problem, I observed that the modem lock file in /var/spool/uucp
> has the process ID of mgetty instead of the process ID of the ppp chat
> script. 

I think you're letting "chat" create the lock file, and this is wrong,
because when chat exits, mgetty notices that the process has disappeared,
and takes the line back.

You must make "pppd" lock the line, never "chat".

> My suspicion seems to be that mgetty may be interfering with
> the ppp call. Maybe I'm wrong, but with other versions of ppp, the process 
> ID in the lock file is that of the chat program.

Yes, this is *WRONG*, because as soon as "chat" exits, the lock file is
considered "stale" (no process with this PID around anymore).

gert
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