mgetty+pppd signal 1

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Hi,

On Wed, Feb 17, 1999 at 08:17:22PM -0000, Aj wrote:
> 02/17 19:43:30 c01   print welcome banner (/etc/issue)
> 02/17 19:43:30 c01   getlogname (AUTO_PPP), read:
> 02/17 19:43:39 ##### failed dev=ttyc01, pid=5873, got signal 1, exiting

Hmmm, this is just the pretty normal "my modem doesn't like your modem"-
hangup, I'd say.

> It just disconnects at this point. It works most of the time. At both times
> its the same person trying to login. So I am ruleing out the problem on his
> side. 

If a phone line is bad, or a modem is "cheap", this can be the reason for
it.  Remember, this stuff isn't digital ("works all times" or "works
not at all")...

gert
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