I have upgraded from 6.0 to RH 6.1, with all additional updates, also updated diald-0.99 and ppp to 3.3.11! After resolving the "char-major-108" and "noauth" problem, i have still LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests, and later Hangup. This is here not a problem with my serial port, mine is a 16550A and it works with the manual dialer wvdial correctly, but the demand dial won't work. Sound like the same as your old bug 7335! And this one is not solved. This time i'm not knowing, whats wrong, so help is needed! ThanX Winfried Altmann
Forgotten to tell: with wvdial (manual) everything works well, that means the hardware is ok. WinFried Altmann
Sounds like that my ISP don't talk ppp! Anyhow, i have to run a command to start up the ppp link after login (ie. slirp -P). What is the correct point to put that command line in? ThanX WinFried Altmann
You are correct. Your ISP does not appear to support PPP directly. Slirp is a PPP emulator. It is not a normal PPP server, and rp3 will very likely not be able to use it. You should be able to configure this using our older netcfg tool. Essentially, these are the steps to follow: Start up netcfg. Select the "Interfaces" tab. Press "Add". Select "PPP" and hit "OK". Enter the phone number, login name, and password. Hit "Customize". Select the "Communication" tab. Select the bottom (probably the fourth) row in the Expect/Send list box. Press "Insert", and add an entry to expect some part of your shell prompt and send "slirp -P" to start slirp. This is one of the few cases rp3 and wvdial don't deal with well.
Yes the problem is somehow located. But, keep in mind, rp3 and wvdial are the ones who needs interaction! Thats not what i want. My RH 6.1 has to serve WfW311 and 95 machines, as the internet gateway. Therefor its not the solution to start the internet manualy. What is the correct place, to put the expect / send information maybe from within linuxconfig to run this on demand? I have tried serveral things, and i get a connection, but after one hlaf minute, the connection breaks down, like i told you in my personal mail. ThanX Winfried Altmann
On yesterday i download from rawhide: initscripts pppd and i prepared a script at my login at my ISP called ppp which invokes the slirp. It works! I don't know, whats went wrong, but i think there have been something within the initscripts. Anyhow, thanX for support! Winfried Altmann