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List:       linux-diald
Subject:    Re: pppd timed out with diald... please advise.
From:       Olivier Poulet <ylfeht () geneva-link ! ch>
Date:       2000-08-14 18:07:21
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Benjamin Junior wrote :

>> > Jul 31 17:29:37 Firewall diald[9060]: Running pppd: /usr/sbin/pppd
>> > - -defaultroute -detach modem crtscts mtu
>> > 1500 mru 1500 user 080mbk
>> > Jul 31 17:29:37 Firewall pppd[9060]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid
>> > 0 Jul 31 17:30:33 Firewall diald[9053]: Trigger: tcp           
>> 10.0.0.1/1035 
>> >    193.136.80.30/80
>> > Jul 31 17:30:37 Firewall diald[9053]: pppd startup timed out. Check
>> > your pppd options. Killing pppd.  
>> > 
>> > Note that PPPD when started as Stand-Alone, works fine.
>> 
>> I had the same problem and it drove me nuts for weeks. I finally solved
>> it by making sure the hostname is localhost on linux. (I am using RedHat
>> 5.2 and my hostname gets changed everytime I connect to ISP. I have not
>> decided if I want to fix a permanent name as I do not have one and using
>> a fictitious one screws up some mail)  

>Well, I've changed the name of my machine to localhost, but, without
>results. I've checked also my /etc/hosts, and make sure that my IP
>addresses for the devices used by diald are listed.
>
>When I start pppd standalone, the process bind to the ttyS1 (in my case),
>and start the ppp tunel. It seems that when diald start pppd, the device
>is never found(?).
>
>Anyone has any idea? 

Have you tried noauth in your ppp-options file, or options pppd-options noauth in
diald.conf ?
-- 
Olivier Poulet


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