Re: pppd:Inappropriate ioctl for device
Schnobs,
I'm interested in the post you had to the list with the above subject...I am
experiencing the same problem although it happens sporadically. Do you have
a sure-fire way of reproducing this? Did you figure out this problem or
have any more info?
-Josh
>Hello,
>I've got a flatrate DSL connection, and a machine configured as gateway.
>The gateway is supposed to keep the connection open 24/7, using pppd's
>'persist' option. However, the automatic reconnection works only about
>twice a week. Usually pppd dies, forcing me to log into the gateway and
>restart the link manually.
>I tried google, and while I found many questions on the issue, there was
>no solution, nor even an explanation why it fails. The manpages on
>tcflush and ioctl tell me next to nothing. It would make no difference
>to me if they'd be written in chinese.
>Could someone, please, shed some light on what is going wrong here?
>Here's what I get:
> Nov 20 05:26:20 zwerg pppoe[26980]: Session terminated -- received PADT
from peer
> Nov 20 05:26:23 zwerg pppd[26979]: LCP terminated by peer
> Nov 20 05:26:24 zwerg pppd[26979]: ioctl(PPPIOCSASYNCMAP): Inappropriate
ioctl for device(25)
> Nov 20 05:26:24 zwerg pppd[26979]: tcflush failed: Input/output error
> Nov 20 05:26:24 zwerg pppd[26979]: Exit.
>cu,
>Schnobs
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