Problems answering data calls with vgetty

Gert Doering (gert@greenie.muc.de)
Sun, 7 Jun 1998 12:47:48 +0200


Hi,

Sebastian Fritsch wrote:
> I've just compiled vgetty to use it with my Elsa modem. But know I'm
> having problems getting data calls. Voice and fax calls seems to be
> OK.

Hmmm.  See Marc and my mails to this topic ("data calls in voice mode do
not work properly"), this is kind of a systematic and unavoidable problem
for some modem combinations.

> I've copied a part of the vgetty log file.But I think this is not that
> usefull.

Let's look at it :)

> Can I increase the log file only by changing the log level in my
> inittab or can I change it in a config file (mgetty.config ?) while
> running?

Yes (-x<n>), yes (debug <n>), no.

> Oh I have to add something. The last line of the log file say a user
> called "o" tried to log in. But I think it must be "ppp" or something
> like that because it was a "ppp" call.

Let's see.  Could be line noice.

> Is there a change in behaviour when I "upgrade" from mgetty to vgetty
> in handling the ppp stuff?

No.

> The log file:
> 
> 06/06 15:50:18 yS0  vgetty: experimental test release 0.7.3 / 10Aug97
> 06/06 15:50:18 yS0  mgetty: experimental test release 1.1.9-Aug17

Please go straight to 1.1.14.

[..]
> /var/spool/voice/messages/ansage.rmd
> 06/06 15:52:21 yS0  Elsa MicroLink: <DLE> <e>
> 06/06 15:52:21 yS0  vgetty: <DLE> <CAN>
> 06/06 15:52:21 yS0  send: ATA[0d]
> 06/06 15:52:21 yS0  waiting for ``CONNECT'' ** found **
> 06/06 15:52:35 yS0  send:
> 06/06 15:52:35 yS0  waiting for ``_'' ** found **
> 06/06 15:53:09 ##### failed dev=ttyS0, pid=15124, got signal 1,
> exiting

Hmmm, well, it was just killed with SIGHUP - looks like "no connect".

> 06/06 16:04:35 yS0  waiting for ``CONNECT'' ** found **
> 06/06 16:04:49 yS0  send:
> 06/06 16:04:49 yS0  waiting for ``_'' ** found **
> 06/06 16:05:19 ##### data dev=ttyS0, pid=15140, caller=none,
> conn='14400/LAPM/V42B
> IS', name='', cmd='/bin/login', user='o'

Please increase the log level, and show only ONE call, not three, unless
there is something significantly different between them.

gert

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