In article <c80cc499.0410150037.32d649f7@posting.google.com >,
andrei tanase <tanase@mail.rdslink.ro> wrote:
>dnichols@d-and-d.com (DoN. Nichols) wrote in message news:<ckmgpp$edv$1@fuego.d-and-d.com>...
>>
>> 1) Look in /etc/ttys to see whether it is expecting a login
>> from there. Mine (on a Shuttle SS51G with OpenBSD 3.5) shows:
>
>no, no getty's running, all ttys disabled, only /dev/console is on

O.K.


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>> modem_chat
>> Use the modem control lines during the chat script. The default

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>i have this in /etc/ppp/options. i tried removing it and using "local"
>instead (ie don't use the modem control lines) and now pppd blurts out
>"serial line looped back" and dies.

O.K. Hmm ... does the modem happen to have echoes turned on?
That might account for that message, at least.

>i checked permissions on /dev/cua00 and /dev/tty00, on pppd,
>everything seems fine, in fact everything is IDENTICAL to what's on
>another machine where the modem works! i suspect a hardware problem
>(BIOS settings?) so i'll try to swap modems and see if anything
>happens.

That would be a reasonable test -- and if it *does* work, check
for difference in the modem's configuration -- echoes especially.

Good Luck,
DoN.

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