pppd hangs after connecting with a winmodem

The trick here is to isolate the problem. The first question in my mind
is this a ppp or winmodem problem? If possible, put a serial modem on the
system and try it out. If the problem persists, try enabling debug in
your pppd configuration to get some more information. If the kernel is
panicing, it may be helpful to send the syslog messages to a remote
system.

FWIW, I really don't think the lock file would cause this problem.

rna

On Sat, 19 Apr 2003, Scott H wrote:

> Trying to set up an older box for Mom: P110, 32M
> RAM, with RH 7.0. She has an MSN acct (don't
> start it :) and a Lucent PCI winmodem. (this is
> starting to sound like putting a round peg in a
> square hole, I know :) Anyway, I downloaded and
> installed winmodem_linux586.zip and can
> successfully query the modem now using kppp. But
> when it dials, it seems to do an authentication,
> then pppd hangs the whole box hard and leaves a
> popup box with a message "the pppd daemon died
> unexpectedly". If I quickly switch to Ctl-Alt-F1
> before the box loses all response, I see among
> other things "Kernel panic: attempted to kill the
> idle task". Per one suggestion I found, I
> commented out the lock line in /etc/pppd/options,
> so that only kppp is locking the modem. I've
> tried CHAP, PAP, and scripting the
> authentication. I've tried various settings for
> the modem, but can't seem to get anything to fix
> this. Suggestions???
>
> /scott
>
>
>
> .
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