Mgetty not answering

Zheng Wang (zwang@hinkley.baruch.cuny.edu)
Sun, 4 Jan 1998 19:30:45 -0500



Dear Gert,
I tried again and get the following message from
/var/log/mgetty.log.ttyS3. Actually, I don't quite understand the first 
part  in your email. It goes: "run mgetty from /etc/inittab, use a
higher debug level," 

01/04 18:48:28 yS3  mgetty: experimental test release 1.1.14-Apr02
01/04 18:48:28 yS3  check for lockfiles
01/04 18:48:28 yS3  locking the line
01/04 18:48:29 yS3  WARNING: DSR is off - modem turned off or bad cable?
01/04 18:48:29 yS3  lowering DTR to reset Modem
01/04 18:48:29 yS3  send: \dATQ0V1H0[0d]
01/04 18:48:30 yS3  waiting for ``OK''
01/04 18:48:50 yS3  timeout in chat script, waiting for `OK'
01/04 18:48:50 yS3  init chat timed out, trying force-init-chat
01/04 18:48:50 yS3  send: \d[10][03]\d\d\d+++\d\d\d[0d]\dATQ0V1H0[0d]
01/04 18:48:54 yS3  waiting for ``OK''
01/04 18:49:14 yS3  timeout in chat script, waiting for `OK'
01/04 18:49:14 yS3  init chat failed, exiting...: Interrupted system call
01/04 18:49:14 ##### failed in mg_init_data, dev=ttyS3, pid=5347


_________________________
Zheng Wang, Ph. D
Statistics and Computer Information Systems
Zicklin School of Business
Baruch College, CUNY			     
Tel: 212-802-6276
Fax: 212-802-6253
WWW: http://hinkley.baruch.cuny.edu



On Fri, 25 Dec 1998, Gert Doering wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> run mgetty from /etc/inittab, use a higher debug level, and then send a
> log file showing ONE call (just ONE, not all of them) to the mgetty
> mailing list (mgetty@muc.de).
> 
> gert
> 
> On Thu, Dec 24, 1998 at 04:43:56PM -0500, Zheng Wang wrote:
> > Dear Gert,
> > I am trying to install a ppp server with mgetty. I followed several howtos
> > but failed to make it work. I just read the archive and found the same
> > question as I have. I look at the logs under the /var/log/ and got the
> > following result. 
> > 
> > I have Redhat 5.2 installed. It has mgetty1.1.14 and pppd2.3.5. I use rpm 
> > install mgetty. My modem is usr 56k faxmodem. I installed after I ran
> > redhad for couple of weeks. My computer is Dell 610MT.
> > The login.configure reads:
> > #/AutoPPP/ -    a_ppp   /usr/sbin/pppd auth -chap +pap login kdebug 7
> > debug
> > /AutoPPP/ -     ppp     /usr/sbin/pppd auth -chap +pap login kdebug 7
> > debug
> > the /etc/ppp/options looks like
> > [root@hinkley ppp]# more options 
> > #lock
> > asyncmap 0
> > netmask 255.255.254.0
> > proxyarp
> > lock
> > crtscts
> > modem
> > 
> > [root@hinkley log]# ls mg*
> > mgetty.log...-dev-modem  mgetty.log.modem         mgetty.log.unknown
> > [root@hinkley log]# more mgetty.log.modem 
> > 
> > --
> > 12/23 21:25:32 dem  mgetty: experimental test release 1.1.14-Apr02
> > 12/23 21:25:32 dem  check for lockfiles
> > 12/23 21:25:37 ##### failed dev=modem, pid=1015, got signal 2, exiting
> > 
> > --
> > 12/23 21:26:22 dem  mgetty: experimental test release 1.1.14-Apr02
> > 12/23 21:26:22 dem  check for lockfiles
> > 12/23 21:26:54 ##### failed dev=modem, pid=1021, got signal 2, exiting
> > [root@hinkley log]# more mgetty.log...-dev-modem 
> > 
> > --
> > 12/23 21:25:47 dem  mgetty: experimental test release 1.1.14-Apr02
> > 12/23 21:25:47 dem  check for lockfiles
> > 12/23 21:25:50 ##### failed dev=../dev/modem, pid=1016, got signal 2,
> > exiting
> > [root@hinkley log]# more mgetty.log.unknown 
> > 
> > --
> > 12/23 19:25:20  no line given: Success
> > 12/23 19:25:20  Usage: mgetty [-x debug] [-s speed] [-r] line: Success
> > --
> > 12/23 19:25:34  no line given: Success
> > 12/23 19:25:34  Usage: mgetty [-x debug] [-s speed] [-r] line: Success
> > --
> > 12/24 15:30:09  no line given: Success
> > 12/24 15:30:09  Usage: mgetty [-x debug] [-s speed] [-r] line: Success
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Have a great Chrismas.
> > 
> > 
> > _________________________
> > Zheng Wang, Ph. D
> > Statistics and Computer Information Systems
> > Zicklin School of Business
> > Baruch College, CUNY			     
> > Tel: 212-802-6276
> > Fax: 212-802-6253
> > WWW: http://hinkley.baruch.cuny.edu
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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