Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 8182
dial problem with RH PPP dialer
Last modified: 2008-05-01 11:37:53 EDT
I set up an account with a modem in the dialup configuration tool in version 6.1 of the Redhat software. When I run the debug, the program finds the modem, and it dials up with it. Then, when I run RH PPP dialer, and click "ok" to start the connection, under the "Waiting to connect..." box, the only thing that happens is a flurry of hard drive activity for how ever long you let it go(I let it go for an hour one time). It does not find the modem or do anything but make hard drive noise. Also, under the configuration tool, if you delete a modem, close the program, and re- open it, the modem is back again. If you delete an account, and make a new one with the same name, it will not let you and says that you already have that account although you have deleted it(It never reappears like the modem will). I downloaded the rp3 rpm update, and followed the instructions and installed it, restarted the computer, and it now allows me to add a modem without it crashing the program upon clicking the "Add" button, but it still will not dial; the same problem occurs when you try to connect. I also downloaded the ppp update which did nothing. Finally, which is more confusing, is the fact that I had Redhat installed (6.1) and could dial up just fine until I installed another distribution of Linux on my machine. Then, when I went back to RH because I liked it better, I was unable to connect ever again to the internet. I have a computer with an AMD K-6, 200 MHz processor and a Cirruslogic 33.6 modem.
Please try this using the versions of initscripts, ppp, rp3, and wvdial from Raw Hide (ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/rawhide/i386/RedHat/RPMS/), which fix several bugs that don't quite warrant an errata release just yet, particularly problems with setups that work better in debug mode than in normal modes.
I've installed the packages you suggested from the rawhide distribution, and my problem got worse. Before, I used to get a "Failed to activate" warningBox when pppd *did* actually connect; now, rp3 dies with a fatal crash instead. What bugs me most is that everything used to work just fine until one day I happened to click on "Configure PPP..." (I assume that runs rp3-config), when everything started to go down the pipes. Why?!? BTW, I am using chat and usernetctl instead, which work without a glitch. I don't really *need* the rp3 eye-candy, but if it did work, I'd probably use it. Hmm... I've just tried again after reboot and I get the same "Failed to activate" box as before. Here's the few lines that get written to /var/log/messages almost indefinitely (well, until you acknowledge the "warning"), which is probably the cause for the flury of hard drive activity other users have been reporting... ----- Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from `GnomeMessageBox' to `GtkProgressBar' Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkprogressbar.c: line 751 (gtk_progress_bar_update): asse rtion `GTK_IS_PROGRESS_BAR (pbar)' failed. -----
Oops! I lied. Those messages got printed on stderr. I got confused, because I was watching the progress of pppd/chat through "tail -f /var/log/messages". Sorry. Nevertheless, there are a few variations of the above warnings that I've noticed since, such as Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from `(unknown)' to `GtkProgressBar' Gtk-WARNING **: invalid unclassed pointer in cast to `GtkProgressBar' The Gtk-CRITICAL errors in between are always the same.
The error messages related to bad casts with the progress bar should be fixed in version 1.0.7-3 in Raw Hide -- I distinctly remember fixing them. Which versions of ppp, initscripts, wvdial, and rp3 do you have installed?
No answer in two years