Re: [tlug] ppp hangup

[Botond Botyanszki <botond@example.com>]

On Fri, 23 May 2003 10:46:26 +0900
xian <ccd@example.com> wrote:

> >
> > May 22 14:24:58 siliconium kernel: PPPIOCDETACH file->f_count=3
> > May 22 14:24:58 siliconium pppoe[202]: Sent PADT
> > May 22 14:24:58 siliconium pppd[200]: Connection terminated.
> > May 22 14:24:58 siliconium pppd[200]: Connect time 3217.5 minutes.
> > May 22 14:24:58 siliconium pppd[200]: Sent 34947274 bytes, received
> > 1532953341 bytes.May 22 14:24:58 siliconium pppd[200]: Couldn't
> > release PPP unit: Invalid argument
> > May 22 14:25:13 siliconium pppd[200]: Serial connection established.
> > May 22 14:25:13 siliconium pppd[200]: Couldn't create new ppp unit:
> > Inappropriate ioctl for device
> > It seems to me that pppd tries to reconnect indeed, but can't. The
> > only solution I have right now is to check for the connection from a
> > cron script and restart.

> Not being a PPP/PPOE expert, or any type of actual expert... that error
> sounds a lot like DHCP client gettting stuck with a lease. Sounds to my
> unexpert ears like your modem and/or PPPD won't release the IP address.

I only have pppoe and pppd running, there is no dhcp client. Isn't pppd
supposed to handle the ip address change?