Re: pppd:Inappropriate ioctl for device

Joshua_Giles_at_Dell.com
Date: 02/06/04

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    To: schnobs@babylon-kino.de
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 12:07:27 -0600

    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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