How to set up dial in and out with mgetty

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Hi,

- show logfiles from mgetty and pppd/chat
- check lockfiles

gert

On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 08:51:03AM +0000, tykq wrote:
> Hi
> i'm trying to setup my linux box RH6.0 to be able to dial out and in
> (off course not at the same time) using the same modem a USR 56K.
> When i have the mgetty running i can dial into the linux but i can't
> dial out. I have a cron job dialing out to my isp on the hour using
> ppp-on script. The /var/log/message says
> kernel: PPP: version 2.3.3 (demand polling)
>        	 ppp line discipline registered
> mgetty[111212] tcgetattr failed: Input/Output error
> 		tcsetattr failed: Input/Output error   	
> 		tcsetattr failed: Input/Output error
> kernel: PPP: ppp line discipline successfuly unregistered
> 
> On the other hand if i start the ppp-on script by hand the connection
> to the isp works fine. And trying to dial in returns a busy signal
> which is ok
> 
> pppd: pppd startted by root
> and the chat script takes over and every works fine
> 
> Please help, i am sure many of you have a similar set up working
> 
> kim
> qkim@jeack.com.au

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