From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020724 Description of problem: Cannot activate ppp0 device through neat when "--remotename ppp0" is in the file /etc/ppp/peers/ppp0 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. start neat 2. highlight ppp0 device (configured through redhat-config-network-druid) 3. click on activate button. Actual Results: Device does not activate, modem will not dial. Expected Results: Device should activate, modem will not dial. Additional info: /var/log/message excerpt when "--remotename ppp0" is in /etc/ppp/peers/ppp0: Jul 31 17:45:49 gemini pppd[2109]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Jul 31 17:45:49 gemini ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on /dev/ttyS4 at 115200 Jul 31 17:45:49 gemini pppd[2109]: Connect script failed Jul 31 17:45:50 gemini pppd[2109]: Exit. Jul 31 17:46:20 gemini pppd[2127]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Jul 31 17:46:20 gemini pppd[2127]: Connect script failed Jul 31 17:46:20 gemini ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on /dev/ttyS4 at 115200 Jul 31 17:46:21 gemini pppd[2127]: Exit. Jul 31 17:46:51 gemini pppd[2144]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Jul 31 17:46:51 gemini pppd[2144]: Connect script failed Jul 31 17:46:51 gemini ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on /dev/ttyS4 at 115200 Jul 31 17:46:52 gemini pppd[2144]: Exit. Jul 31 17:47:07 gemini pppd[2188]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Jul 31 17:47:07 gemini pppd[2188]: Connect script failed Jul 31 17:47:07 gemini ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on /dev/ttyS4 at 115200 Jul 31 17:47:08 gemini pppd[2188]: Exit. Jul 31 17:47:39 gemini pppd[2232]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Jul 31 17:47:39 gemini pppd[2232]: Connect script failed Jul 31 17:47:39 gemini ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on /dev/ttyS4 at 115200 Jul 31 17:47:40 gemini pppd[2232]: Exit. /var/log/message excerpt when "--remotename ppp0" is NOT in /etc/ppp/peers/ppp0 (working scenario): Jul 31 17:52:35 gemini pppd[2440]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Jul 31 17:52:35 gemini wvdial[2455]: WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.53 Jul 31 17:52:35 gemini wvdial[2455]: Initializing modem. Jul 31 17:52:35 gemini ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on /dev/ttyS4 at 115200 Jul 31 17:52:35 gemini wvdial[2455]: Sending: ATZ Jul 31 17:52:35 gemini wvdial[2455]: ATZ Jul 31 17:52:35 gemini wvdial[2455]: OK Jul 31 17:52:35 gemini wvdial[2455]: Modem initialized. Jul 31 17:52:35 gemini wvdial[2455]: Sending: ATDT*70,4857440 Jul 31 17:52:35 gemini wvdial[2455]: Waiting for carrier. Jul 31 17:52:35 gemini wvdial[2455]: ATDT*70,4857440 Jul 31 17:53:03 gemini wvdial[2455]: CONNECT 44000/ARQ/V90/LAPM/V42BIS Jul 31 17:53:03 gemini wvdial[2455]: Carrier detected. Chatmode finished. Jul 31 17:53:03 gemini pppd[2440]: Serial connection established. Jul 31 17:53:03 gemini pppd[2440]: Using interface ppp0 Jul 31 17:53:03 gemini pppd[2440]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS4 Jul 31 17:53:03 gemini /etc/hotplug/net.agent: assuming ppp0 is already up Jul 31 17:53:05 gemini modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module ppp-compress-21 Jul 31 17:53:05 gemini modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module ppp-compress-21 Jul 31 17:53:05 gemini pppd[2440]: local IP address 199.170.90.46 Jul 31 17:53:05 gemini pppd[2440]: remote IP address 206.224.86.3 Jul 31 17:53:05 gemini pppd[2440]: primary DNS address 199.170.88.29 Jul 31 17:53:05 gemini pppd[2440]: secondary DNS address 199.170.88.10 Jul 31 17:53:05 gemini su(pam_unix)[2496]: session opened for user root by (uid=0)Jul 31 17:53:05 gemini su(pam_unix)[2496]: session closed for user root This line is appears to be added by ifup-ppp, which is the reason I filed the bug under initscripts. Please let me know if I have made a mistake or you need further information. [root@gemini etc]# rpm -qf /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ppp initscripts-6.88-1
Same here. Also 7.3.92 initscripts+neat don't handle ppp ONBOOT and demand dialing well. If usiong demand dialing tools like neat, usernetctl, or ifup don't return untill there is activity on the interface, like a ping. With the ONBOOT option this causes init to hang when starting networking.
wvdial fixed to re-accept --remotename in 1.53-6.