[hsflinux] further info on my disconnect issue

[ian silvester]

Hi again,

I've done some more testing:

First of all, I've discovered that if I hit 'Cancel' as soon as I see the CONNECT 57600 message, I get a much more promising content in /proc/driver/hsf/0/lastcallstatus :

<#UG VERSION=3>
<DRIVER VERSION=hsfmodem-6.03.00lnxt03091800full>
<CALL SETUP RESULT=Detected Data Answer Tone>
<MULTIMEDIA MODE=Data Only>
<DTE-DCE MODE=Async data>
<V.8 CM="">
<V.8 JM="">
<RX SIG PWR DB=0, TX SIG PWR DB=0, S/N RATIO DB=226>
<RTD=-3>
<TX MOD=V.90, TX SYMBOL RATE=3200, TX CARRIER FREQ=1829>
<RX MOD=V.90, RX SYMBOL RATE=8000, RX CARRIER FREQ=0>
<TX FIRST RATE=28800, RX FIRST RATE=52000>
<CARRIER LOSS=0, RATE RENEG=0>
<RETRAINS REQ=0, RETRAINS DET=0>
<TX FINAL RATE=28800, RX FINAL RATE=52000>
<PROTOCOL=LAPM>
<EC FRAME SIZE=100>
<EC LINK TIMEOUTS=0>
<EC LINK NAKS=0>
<COMPRESSION=V42BIS>
<COMPRESSION DICTIONARY SIZE=800>
<TX FLOW CONTROL=0>
<RX FLOW CONTROL=0>
<TX CHARS SENT FROM DTE=11>
<RX CHARS SENT TO DTE=44>
<TX CHARS LOST=0>
<RX CHARS LOST=0>
<TX FRAME COUNT=0>
<RX FRAME COUNT=0>
<TX FRAME ERROR COUNT=0>
<RX FRAME ERROR COUNT=0>
<TERMINATION CAUSE=DTR drop>
<CALL WAITING EVENT COUNT=0>
<LSD Vdd=0, Power Bits=0>
<V8BIS DSP VER=0>
<RATE RENEG REQ=0, RATE RENEG DET=0>
<RBS=0, AltRBS=0>
<DIG PAD DET=0, DIG LOSS EST=0, IMD RATIO=0, SPEED DROP=0>
<HS CNT=0, Det1=20, Res1=4, LAPM=5>
<EQM=0, TRAINING EQM=0>
<HandShake Time=0.0>

<DIB ERROR COUNTERS=0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0>


All other outputs stay the same as per my last email.

I tried booting with "acpi=off" as a kernel parameter. This had no effect on the error outputs.

It is beginning to point towards an authentication error I suppose. Thing is, I'm not sure what this syslog output is telling me:

Oct 28 12:15:38 yanbook modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0
Oct 28 12:15:38 yanbook pppd[1609]: The remote system is required to authenticate itself
Oct 28 12:15:38 yanbook pppd[1609]: but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to use to do so.
Oct 28 12:15:38 yanbook pppd[1609]: (None of the available passwords would let it use an IP address.)

I understand I have to authenticate myself to the remote system, and am supplying the correct password. How can I supply pppd with a 'suitable secret' for it to use as per the error message? Or am I on the wrong track entirely?

Suggestions?