Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Oct 1999 12:26:08 +1000 | From | CaT <> | Subject | Re: [: pppd 2.3.10 + linux 2.3.18ac10 bug?] |
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On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 12:16:09PM +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote: > On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, CaT wrote: > > > I've noticed something recently with pppd. When it gets disconnected, the > > modem registers and ther lights say 'i'm hung up' but ppd just hangs in > > there, doing nothing. seemngly indefinately. I have to ^C it so that it > > dies and a new one is started up. This isn't the best situation in the > > world when the system is left alone and i'm elsewhere. :) > > This is a bug in pppd. I'll fix it shortly, honest. :-) Pppd should be
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> reading from the channel as well as /dev/ppp, and if it did that, it would > get the EOF indication from the channel and that would tell it that the > modem has hung up.
Rockin. :) Many thanks for the reply. I look forward to the next version. :)
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