[clug] pppd annoyance

[Damien Elmes]

"ben" <ben at polkosity.cjb.net> writes:

> Oct 14 15:43:42 old chat[319]: abort on (ERROR)
> Oct 14 15:43:42 old chat[319]: abort on (BUSY)
> Oct 14 15:43:42 old chat[319]: abort on (NO CARRIER)
> Oct 14 15:43:42 old chat[319]: abort on (NO DIALTONE)
> Oct 14 15:43:42 old chat[319]: send (ATS91=15^M)
> Oct 14 15:43:42 old chat[319]: expect (OK)
> Oct 14 15:43:42 old chat[319]: ^M
> Oct 14 15:43:42 old chat[319]: NO CARRIER
> Oct 14 15:43:42 old chat[319]:  -- failed
> Oct 14 15:43:42 old chat[319]: Failed (NO CARRIER)

Bit of a blind stab here, but have you tried getting it to send ATZ
and/or ATH0 before any other initialisation?

> ps - one other thing, some of you may notice I'm using MS outlook.  I'm not
> ready at this stage to convert my main desktop to Linux as there are a few
> things I use that require windoze, but I know most people on the list (if
> not all), have a fear / hatred (fear leads to hatred, hatred leads to
> suffering :)  ) of outlook.  Anyone recommend a good mail client for me?

Well, if I was stuck on Windows I'd be using gnus in a win32 build of
emacs :-) But you might prefer mozilla mail.

Cheers,
-- 
Damien Elmes