Can't activate ppp0!

[Charles Trois]

Hello!

I am still trying to set up an Internet ADSL connection in
YDL 3, using the modem Alcatel Speedtouch USB. This requires PPPoA.

I have made some little progress, in that I now have a valid eth0
configuration, after assigning it a fancy IP address (namely 12.34.56.78).

So now, when I run redhat-config-network, it shows two interfaces, eth0 and
ppp0, the first being active and apparently in good order. But when I selec=
t
ppp0 and click "activate", this is what I get:

***begin error message***

redhat-config-network:

Cannot activate network device ppp0!

/sbin/adsl-start: line 218:  1696 Terminated              $CONNECT "$@"
>/dev/null 2>&1

***end error message***

And this is the relevant part of /var/log/messages:

***begin log message***

Jul 29 14:54:01 europe kernel: PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
Jul 29 14:54:01 europe pppd[1522]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
Jul 29 14:54:01 europe pppd[1522]: Using interface ppp0
Jul 29 14:54:01 europe pppd[1522]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/9
Jul 29 14:54:01 europe /etc/hotplug/net.agent: assuming ppp0 is already up
Jul 29 14:54:05 europe kernel: eth0: switching to forced 10bt
Jul 29 14:54:25 europe kernel: eth0: switching to forced 100bt
Jul 29 14:54:32 europe kernel: eth0: switching to forced 10bt
Jul 29 14:54:32 europe pppd[1522]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
Jul 29 14:54:32 europe pppd[1522]: Connection terminated.
Jul 29 14:54:32 europe /etc/hotplug/net.agent: NET unregister event not
supported
Jul 29 14:54:36 europe pppoe[1523]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
Jul 29 14:54:36 europe pppd[1522]: Exit.
Jul 29 14:54:36 europe adsl-connect: ADSL connection lost; attempting
re-connection.
Jul 29 14:54:41 europe pppd[1628]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
Jul 29 14:54:41 europe pppd[1628]: Using interface ppp0
Jul 29 14:54:41 europe pppd[1628]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/9
Jul 29 14:54:41 europe /etc/hotplug/net.agent: assuming ppp0 is already up
Jul 29 14:54:53 europe kernel: eth0: switching to forced 100bt
Jul 29 14:55:00 europe kernel: eth0: switching to forced 10bt
Jul 29 14:55:12 europe pppd[1628]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
Jul 29 14:55:12 europe pppd[1628]: Connection terminated.
Jul 29 14:55:13 europe /etc/hotplug/net.agent: NET unregister event not
supported
Jul 29 14:55:16 europe pppoe[1629]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
Jul 29 14:55:16 europe pppd[1628]: Exit.
Jul 29 14:55:20 europe kernel: eth0: switching to forced 100bt
Jul 29 14:55:27 europe kernel: eth0: switching to forced 10bt

(the last two lines repeated quite a number of times)

***end log message***

Could somebody help me work this out?

I notice a little thing: the log refers to /dev/pts/9, which does not exist=
,
and I wonder about all the lines eth0: switching=8A

More important, I see that the config tool uses adsl-start, which belongs t=
o
rp-pppoe; as I actually want a PPPoA link, I fear that something is still
missing. PPPoA is apparently not unknown at the source level, since there i=
s
the file /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8d/net/atm/pppoatm.c. But this seems not to
be used, and the kernel config tool does not offer any way to activate it.
There are also programs pppoa2 and pppoa3 in the Speedtouch files: these ar=
e
ignored. I believe there is a link missing between all those things.

I should be grateful for any hints.

Charles


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