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Re: `Terminating on signal 2'

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Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> writes:

> with <87r3q79r4m.fsf@gmail.com> Rodolfo Medina wrote:
>> Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> writes:
>>> Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> writes:
>
> *SKIP* 
>
>> .  According to what you suggest, how should I edit those files?
>
> Let me get it straight.  You start connection with pon(1), but it
> (pon(1)) never terminates because of 'nodetach' in peers.  Then pppd(8)
> and pon(1) together keep your spare terminal forever.  If my
> understanding is correct then you have two options:
>
> AFAIR (I'm not doing pon(1) for years now) that's not the way to use
> pon(1).  Drop 'nodetach' from peers, start connection with pon(1), then
> terminate it with poff(1).  You can give it (poff(1)) a try right away
> -- just do it from other spare terminal.  Also, you most probably should
> drop '-s' option of chat(8) from 'connect' line.  syslog(7) is fine too.
>
> Other way is to drop pon(1) and use pppd(8) directly.  That's obvious,
> you must do it as root then.
>
> As a suboption of second option you can switch to ifup(8)/ifdown(8).
> And, if you can afford it (I'm UMTS myself, I know what I'm talking
> about) you can configure pppd(8) to be permanently ready however
> disconnected from interwebs.  Then whenever you need them you just
> attempt to use them, then pppd(8) will obey (after some minimal time,
> it's unavoidable) (sometimes that "minimal time" may take couple of
> hours).
>
> However, if I misinterpreted contents of your first message, then please
> explain what you're doing.


Thanks.  As you suggest, I dropped `nodetach' and `-s' option from peers, but
the problem persists: the internet browser sticks and can't open pages.  Then I
have to `poff' and then `pon' again.  This every five, ten minutes.

Cheers,

Rodolfo

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`Terminating on signal 2' Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2015-05-04 11:35 +0000
  Re: `Terminating on signal 2' Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2015-05-19 17:54 +0300
    Re: `Terminating on signal 2' Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2015-05-23 16:48 +0000
      Re: `Terminating on signal 2' Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2015-05-24 11:22 +0300
        Re: `Terminating on signal 2' Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2015-05-27 10:52 +0000
          Re: `Terminating on signal 2' Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2015-05-29 12:02 +0300
      Re: `Terminating on signal 2' Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2015-05-28 17:07 +0300

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