Can't activate ppp0!

[Norberto Quintanar]

Starting on page 13 is what you need.  Good luck!

http://www.collaborium.org/onsite/venezuela/docs/linux/Linux_HOWTOS/PDF/DSL-HOWTO.pdf
--- Charles Trois <charles.trois@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> 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 select
> 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: switchingŠ
> 
> More important, I see that the config tool uses adsl-start, which
> belongs to
> 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 is
> 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 are
> ignored. I believe there is a link missing between all those
> things.
> 
> I should be grateful for any hints.
> 
> Charles
> 
> 
>  
> 
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