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modem problems: cannot activate ppp0 error 8 <- what is the possible solution?
hi i'm a newbie... i'm having problems with this ppp0 btw my modem is cirrus logic 56k external modem, anybody can shed some light? :cry: :cry: :cry:
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Where do you get the error 8? Out of pppd as an exit status? If so, type "man pppd" in a console and scroll down using page down until you find all the return codes (should be around 16) and say what it says (what error it is)... it might help you.
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do you think i may be using a winmodem? i was able to connect to the internet after the installation, then i disconnect, then tried to reconnect that night, so i was able to surf around for a while, then i disconnect again, and when i tried to reconnect again, that error 8 appeared, and never i was able to connect again, i even reinstalled the OS, but still i cannot connect... but as what i have said it did detect my modem
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The cute thing is that my MDK detected my modem even though it was a windmodem (!)... An external modem is usually a hardware modem, but there might be some software, I have no ideea....
I don't know where this error 8 occurs, but try this... I assume you connect through kppp (if not, you should try it, it outputs a lot of debugging info), so open a console or something, run kppp from console, click connect and watch the output from kppp on the console. If it says that pppd exited with the exit code 8, it means there's something wrong with the connection scripts: Quote:
Did you have to install drivers for your modem, or the distro auto-detected & auto-configured your modem? Is the modem working in Windows? Or, are you sure there's nothing wrong with your modem (just checking...)? |
my modem works fine in windows... i have used my modem in windows for about 3-4 yrs... are you using mandrake?
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i didn't do anything.... it was just all of a sudden i could not connect... i was wondering what had happened...
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When I installed Linux it gave me that the profile of my external 56000kbps voice fax modem is removed. It displayed three options Keep, Remove and Donot do anything. I chose keep. Then in first session my Network Device controller allowed me to connect to internet. Then in the second session, Network Devicee controller --> Activate Modem generated the error 8.
This happened repeatedly all the four time I reinstalled full Linux from scratch. Please help. Dinesh J. Karia |
hey dineshjk we have the same problem!!!! i did that too, i reinstall linux red hat from scratch for about 4 times already...
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are you using kppp to connect? the man page of pppd: error 8 says:
the command script failed, or returned a non-zero number. maybe you setting up your account (phone number, pass, etc) again, or maybe your dialer isnt talking to the right serial port... ps: external modems, AFAIK, are NEVER winmodems. dont really know why. nonwinmodems are more expensive, then winmodems, so thats a way to tell. |
my modem is talking to the right serial port and i am quite confident about that because i was able to connect the first time i configure that internet blah blah.... it just so happened that i deactivated it and i had to use the phone, so i'm quite sure i didn't fiddle anything and when i tried to reactivate the connection, its zero, and i have that error.... i can't figure it out why'd it happen.... :cry:
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my God... i'm getting insane here
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localhosst ifup - ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on dev/ttys1 at 115200
localhost pppd[3592]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid0 localhost wvdial[3607]: wvdial:internet dialer version 1.53 " ":initializing modem " ":sendong ATZ " ":ATZ " ":ERROR " ":Bad init string " ":stdin not read/write and $MODEM not set what should i do????????? please heeeeeeeeeeeellllllllllpppppppppp :newbie: |
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