pppd dies immediately with exit status 1 (using kppp)

curmudgeon · Veteran Joined: 08 Aug 2003 Posts: 1745

Recompiled the kernel for generic ppp support and for
async serial ports (NOT as modules).

The pppd daemon dies (with exit status 1) immediately
after connecting. It seems like I have forgotten
something basic, but I can't figure out what.

The login script debug window text:
ATZ
OK
ATM1L1
OK
ATDP73-22-73
CONNECT 28800/ARQ/V34/LAPM/V42BIS

The relevant portion of the log file:
Jan 1 18:05:38 [modprobe] modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0
Jan 1 18:05:38 [pppd] By default the remote system is required to authenticate itself
Jan 1 18:05:38 [pppd] (because this system has a default route to the internet)
Jan 1 18:05:38 [pppd] but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to use to do so.
Jan 1 18:05:38 [pppd] (None of the available passwords would let it use an IP address.)

curmudgeon · Veteran Joined: 08 Aug 2003 Posts: 1745

I had connected to the internet
before using broadband via the
network card. I needed to comment
out the default gateway from
/etc/conf.d/net and then restart
the network. It worked fine as
soon as I did that.

Once again the FAQ provided the
answer. :)

kanandkumar · n00b Joined: 03 Jan 2004 Posts: 11

Hi,
I have a HSF modem that connects too, but pppd dies immediately with an error code of 1. You said "Once again the FAQ provided the answer.

". This might sound stupid, by may I ask where this FAQ is ?

Anand

sleepless.knight · Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 9:20 pm Post subject:

Very quickly:

Edit your /etc/conf.d/net file.

Eg. nano -w /etc/conf.d/net

Find the line that indicates a default gateway:

kanandkumar · n00b Joined: 03 Jan 2004 Posts: 11

Thanks. I checked the file, there was no default gateway, but I had ppp support compiled as modules! Changing this fixed the problem. The pppd error code said the exact error afterall!

Anand

sleepless.knight · Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 1:05 pm Post subject:

Hmmm. I have ppp built as modules, rather than into the kernel proper.

What kernel are you using?

Kernel 2.4.x et. al. needs

kanandkumar · n00b Joined: 03 Jan 2004 Posts: 11

I have kernel 2.4.22. But I think I missed something in the basic configuration. How does the kernel know when to load a module ?

Anand

oscarwild · Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 10:12 pm Post subject:

In the meantime I guess you solved the problem on your own. However I think the basic thing you missed were the ppp-modules not installed (the kernel module autoloader does very well in both 2.4 and 2.6 kernels, automagically!) and second to start the net.ppp0 init script.

Log in as root and add the script by

> rc-update add net.ppp0 default

at least that works for me (terribly slow when you were used to DSL before...)