Mgetty & Linux PPP-2.2.0a

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Hi,

Markus Dickebohm wrote:
> I think that I don't have any problems with the locking mechanisms between
> mgetty/pppd. 
> But:
> 	when the chat-Script begins with "ATZ" and awaits the "OK"
> 	it it not received most of the time. Sometimes the chat-script
> 	works succesfully, but most of the time it hangs until the
> 	timeout-delay is over.
> This happened after the update to pppd2.2.0a. With the pppd2.1.2-version I
> have never had such problems and everything worked from the start.
> After nights of work on the chat-script :-((, I disabl”ed the mgetty and
> from now on the script works like a charm with pppd2.2.0a.
> Has anyone experienced the same and if yes: how can one cope with this
> problem. 

Check the mgetty log file. If you see the ATZ/OK there, something is wrong
in the locking mechanism in ppp 2.2.0a. For example, if pppd locks the
device /after/ chat is run, chat will most likely fail...

gert

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