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zero-giulio

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Registered: 2010-01-23

Posts: 70

Unable to start ppp0 interface

As title...

I connect to the internet using wvdial. When I launch wvdial, after a series of operations (including thesending of the strings, etc...), I found:

starting pppd ...
pid of pppd ...
using interface ppp0 ...
local ip address ...
remote ip address ...
primary dns address ...
secondary dns address ...

This is a succesful session.

In practise, I found a successful session only the first time I set up my conenction. When I restart the computer, wvdial works no more. It stops before using ppp0 interface. The last lines I found are:

starting pppd ...
pid of pppd ...

and nothing else. I presume it's a problem in using ppp0 interface.

I tried: ifconfig -a, and I said ppp0 is not present. I tried: ifconfig ppp0 up, but I receive unknown interface, no such device. I tried: /etc/rc.d/ppp restart, but I received errors.

I can't understand... What I have to do for enabling ppp0 interface?

Which modules, interfcaes, daemons etc I have to insert in rc.conf? (I already tried several combinations...).

I found no help online. It seems ppp is not so popular among arch linux comunity  :-(

zero-giulio

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Registered: 2010-01-23

Posts: 70

Re: Unable to start ppp0 interface

No one can help me???

Roline

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2009-12-05

Posts: 207

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Re: Unable to start ppp0 interface

I know there has been a ppp and rp-pppoe update, pacman said this:

[2010-02-14 14:25] upgraded ppp (2.4.4-9 -> 2.4.5-1)
[2010-02-14 14:25] >>> The kernel-mode plugin has a new place.
[2010-02-14 14:25] >>> It's now located under /usr/lib/rp-pppoe/rp-pppoe.so
[2010-02-14 14:25] >>> Change LINUX_PLUGIN to the new path in your /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf
[2010-02-14 14:25] upgraded rp-pppoe (3.10-2 -> 3.10-4)

Last edited by Roline (2010-02-16 17:00:15)

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zero-giulio

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Registered: 2010-01-23

Posts: 70

Re: Unable to start ppp0 interface

This can explain the problem...

In fact, everything works the first time I set up my connection, while problems arise after reboot. And before reboot, what I did was upgrading. Umh... I try to upgrade ppp. Let's see :-)

Thanks for the help ;-)

stryder

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Registered: 2009-02-28

Posts: 500

Re: Unable to start ppp0 interface

If you are making adsl connections, better to just use rp-pppoe (I have no experience of wvdial). Just run the pppoe-setup script to configure your connection. Once it is set up you can start it using /etc/rc.d/adsl start (and stop). It will start the ppp0 interface. And you can put adsl in your daemon array in rc.conf to start the connection on boot.

zero-giulio

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Registered: 2010-01-23

Posts: 70

Re: Unable to start ppp0 interface

It's a GPRS conenction using a mobile phone. Every guide I found onlin etalk about wvdial, so it's the reason I use such a script.

zero-giulio

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Registered: 2010-01-23

Posts: 70

Re: Unable to start ppp0 interface

I update both ppp and rp-pppoe, but problem remains.

This is my dmesg | tail:

(some rows, then)
pl2303 4-2:1.0: pl2303 converter detected
usb 4.2: pl2303 now attached to ttyUSB0
usbcore: registered new interface driver pl2303
pl2303: prolific pl2303 USB to serial adaptor driver
PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
NET: registered protocol family 10
lo: disabled privacy extensions

and this is the last lines of messages.log (it's like the other, except it has a new last line)

pl2303 4-2:1.0: pl2303 converter detected
usb 4.2: pl2303 now attached to ttyUSB0
usbcore: registered new interface driver pl2303
pl2303: prolific pl2303 USB to serial adaptor driver
PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
NET: registered protocol family 10
lo: disabled privacy extensions
pppd 2.4.5 started by root, uid 0

Last edited by zero-giulio (2010-02-20 12:15:14)

lymphatik

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From: Somewhere else

Registered: 2009-03-07

Posts: 119

Re: Unable to start ppp0 interface

Were you able to solve this problem because I end up with the same problem.

The modem is fully functional but the interface is not created "ppp0"