Re: PPP via Minicom

[john@dhh.gt.org]

David Densmore writes:

> With minicom I do the entire login manually including the last step of
> entering ppp.  My ISP tells me that I have established a connection and
> dislays my IP address.  Then I see this stuff:

> ~~y}#.!}!V} }4}"}&} }*} } }%}&.}+.a}'}"}(}"aY~~y}#.!}!W} }4}"}&} }*} } }

> scrolling across my screen and I exit minicom without resetting the modem.

> I then immediately execute the pppd command.

> This is the same procedure which always worked with Debian 1.3.1.
> I'm doing it exactly the same way.

This baffling.  That stuff is ppp packets.  I'll try this here and see if I
can reproduce the problem.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI