mgetty and AutoPPP

Gert Doering (gert@greenie.muc.de)
Thu, 3 Jun 1999 19:18:35 +0200


Hi,

On Thu, Jun 03, 1999 at 06:07:31PM +0100, jerome.privat@bt.com wrote:
> I have set my modem to do error correction (&M4) but I still have
> the same problem (see mgetty.ttyd0 log file below).
> 
> My understanding of the problem is that mgetty picks up the line
> fine but does *not* start PPP.

Mgetty picks up the line, but then so much junk came in that the PPP
frame can't be detected.  In the current log file, the data looks fine,
but...

> In the log file, I see: 
> "getlogname (no opts)"
> Shouldn't I see "getlogname (autoPPP)"?

... mgetty wasn't compiled with "CFLAGS=-DAUTO_PPP".

gert
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