Re: gibberish in log file?
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On 02/04/08 05:56, Zach wrote:
> I am setting up a new PPP connection (dialup) and when I run pon I'm
> seeing some very strange things in my /var/log/messages
> (set it up with pppconfig like I normally do, never had any problems)
>
> There are lots of weird characters, I used this machine 2 days ago
> (when old ISP was working) and didn't see any of this garbage in the
*VERY* important questions:
What do you mean by "old" ISP? Do you now have a "new" ISP?
> logfile. I even ran my old pon (for the old isp that I don't use
> anymore) just now and it showed these weird characters as well.
>
> This is totally baffling to me, I've never encountered this before and
> I did not do ANYTHING to my system in the past 2 days! I didn't
> install or remove any packages, didn't do any upgrades, didn't touch
> any config files. We lost power on Friday briefly and the system was
> hard booted but I used it the next day (Sat.) and didn't see any of
> these weird characters in the log.
>
> Anyone have a clue what is going on and how I can fix it?
It looks like your chat script got corrupted...
Or your ISP changed something without telling anyone, knowing/hoping
that Windows DUN would handle the changes.
> I'm using Debian lenny with 2.6.18 kernel and I have my locale set to UTF8.
>
> Here is a snippet from /var/log/messages:
>
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: pppd options in effect:
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: debug debug^I^I# (from command line)
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: updetach^I^I# (from command line)
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: dump^I^I# (from command line)
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: noauth^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/peers/sysim)
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: user tb04000@sysim.net^I^I# (from
> /etc/ppp/peers/sysim)
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: remotename sysim^I^I# (from
> /etc/ppp/peers/sysim)
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: /dev/ttyS0^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/peers/sysim)
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: 115200^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/peers/sysim)
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: lock^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/options)
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: connect /usr/sbin/chat -v -f
> /etc/chatscripts/sysim^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/peers/sysim)
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: crtscts^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/options)
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: modem^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/options)
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: asyncmap 0^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/options)
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: lcp-echo-failure 4^I^I# (from
> /etc/ppp/options)
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: lcp-echo-interval 30^I^I# (from
> /etc/ppp/options)
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: hide-password^I^I# (from
> /etc/ppp/peers/sysim)
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: ipparam sysim^I^I# (from
> /etc/ppp/peers/sysim)
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: noipdefault^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/peers/sysim)
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: defaultroute^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/peers/sysim)
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: proxyarp^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/options)
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: usepeerdns^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/peers/sysim)
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: noipx^I^I# (from /etc/ppp/options)
> Feb 4 06:16:13 netrek pppd[3252]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
> Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]: abort on (BUSY)
> Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]: abort on (NO CARRIER)
> Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]: abort on (VOICE)
> Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]: abort on (NO DIALTONE)
> Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]: abort on (NO DIAL TONE)
> Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]: abort on (NO ANSWER)
> Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]: abort on (DELAYED)
> Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]: send (ATZ^M)
> Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]: expect (OK)
> Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]:
> ~!E@^@L"{^@^@^AYsLQ#p(`^@^@^E^B^A^@,Q#p(^@^@^@^@)S^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
> Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]:
> ^R^A^@^@^@(^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^?v^@^C^@^A^@^D^@^@^@^AcL~~!E^@^B/0}1@^@9^F
> Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]:
> ^HD^Nn3EH^M'^@P^Hf^X^SyB^@ff^^P^Y^?^?%h^@^@yj^X|SBSBr$!*}^^]~sT^_Gz$>}]U[Kt76b^=}1^P}1#7^[HoS^DgzW^Px
> Feb 4 06:16:14 netrek chat[3253]:
> ^O`&?'hk^?yg42I<^PZMsD^C^D^M^]0^Cvl&;^M^KK7=Um5$MsC
> xmD`^OG^LWKcO^^Ga^K;;O2\\jw1^K$^I\^H^QJ^BMF{^\cT
[snip]
> Feb 4 06:17:42 netrek chat[3253]:
> ^R^A^@^@^@(^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^?v^@^C^@^A^@^D^@^@^@^A^L^P~~!E^@^@(Ur@^@:^Fd(D^No8EH^M'^@P^He_C^N}1^@fe;P}1^?^?Lr^@^@R3~~!E@
> Feb 4 06:17:42 netrek chat[3253]:
> ^@L%}]^@^@^AYqJQ#p(`^@^@^E^B^A^@,Q#p(^@^@^@^@)S^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
> Feb 4 06:17:44 netrek chat[3253]: alarm
> Feb 4 06:17:44 netrek chat[3253]: Failed
> Feb 4 06:17:45 netrek pppd[3252]: Exit.
>
> Zach
>
>
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals
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