[ltp] Re: Desperate to get my PCMCIA GPRS working please :(

[Bob Alexander]

Daniel Pittman wrote:
  > I note you didn't include the output of 'cardmgr info', which would be
> helpful, since that would tell me exactly what the kernel PCMCIA layer
> thought about the card in question.
> 

Daniel,
awaiting your response I went ahead and installed the pcmcia-cs package. 
Everything went back working as expected. Cardmgr creates loads the 
serial_cs module and also makes udev create the /dev/ttyS2 and related 
/dev/modem link.

wvdial works aok.

Tried uninstalling pcmcia-cs and again silence is total !!!

I therefore suspect that there is a bug in hotplug.

I am afraid that I do not have enough skills to file a decent bug though 
:(((

What would you advise ?

TIA,
Bob

PS Here is the messages with pcmcia-cs installed

Jan 19 14:48:48 localhost cardmgr[7100]: socket 1: Serial or Modem
Jan 19 14:48:48 localhost cardmgr[7100]: executing: 'modprobe serial_cs'
Jan 19 14:48:48 localhost udev[7790]: removing device node '/dev/ttyS2'
Jan 19 14:48:48 localhost kernel: ttyS2 at I/O 0x3e8 (irq = 11) is a 16550A
Jan 19 14:48:48 localhost cardmgr[7100]: executing: './serial start ttyS2'
Jan 19 14:48:48 localhost udev[7799]: creating device node '/dev/ttyS2'
Jan 19 14:50:19 localhost kernel: CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of 
the University of California
Jan 19 14:50:19 localhost udev[7883]: creating device node '/dev/ppp'
Jan 19 14:50:19 localhost kernel: PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
Jan 19 14:50:19 localhost pppd[7839]: pppd 2.4.2 started by bob, uid 1000
Jan 19 14:50:19 localhost pppd[7839]: Using interface ppp0
Jan 19 14:50:19 localhost pppd[7839]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS2
Jan 19 14:50:24 localhost pppd[7839]: Remote message: PAP access OK
Jan 19 14:50:24 localhost pppd[7839]: PAP authentication succeeded
Jan 19 14:50:24 localhost kernel: PPP BSD Compression module registered
Jan 19 14:50:24 localhost kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module registered
Jan 19 14:50:26 localhost pppd[7839]: not replacing default route to 
eth0 [192.168.174.241]
Jan 19 14:50:26 localhost pppd[7839]: Cannot determine ethernet address 
for proxy ARP
Jan 19 14:50:26 localhost pppd[7839]: local  IP address 217.201.7.238
Jan 19 14:50:26 localhost pppd[7839]: remote IP address 217.201.7.0
Jan 19 14:50:26 localhost pppd[7839]: primary   DNS address 213.230.130.222
Jan 19 14:50:26 localhost pppd[7839]: secondary DNS address 213.230.155.94
Jan 19 14:50:54 localhost pppd[7839]: Terminating on signal 15.
Jan 19 14:50:54 localhost pppd[7839]: Connect time 0.5 minutes.
Jan 19 14:50:54 localhost pppd[7839]: Sent 0 bytes, received 0 bytes.
Jan 19 14:50:54 localhost pppd[7839]: Connection terminated.
Jan 19 14:51:32 localhost udev[8094]: removing device node '/dev/ttyS2'
Jan 19 14:51:33 localhost udev[8103]: creating device node '/dev/ttyS2'
Jan 19 14:51:33 localhost cardmgr[7100]: executing: './serial stop ttyS2'
Jan 19 14:51:33 localhost cardmgr[7100]: executing: 'modprobe -r serial_cs'
Jan 19 14:51:43 localhost cardmgr[7100]: socket 1: Serial or Modem
Jan 19 14:51:44 localhost cardmgr[7100]: executing: 'modprobe serial_cs'
Jan 19 14:51:44 localhost udev[8182]: removing device node '/dev/ttyS2'
Jan 19 14:51:44 localhost kernel: ttyS2 at I/O 0x3e8 (irq = 11) is a 16550A
Jan 19 14:51:44 localhost cardmgr[7100]: executing: './serial start ttyS2'
Jan 19 14:51:44 localhost udev[8191]: creating device node '/dev/ttyS2'
Jan 19 14:52:17 localhost pppd[8400]: pppd 2.4.2 started by bob, uid 1000
Jan 19 14:52:17 localhost pppd[8400]: Using interface ppp0
Jan 19 14:52:17 localhost pppd[8400]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS2
Jan 19 14:52:23 localhost pppd[8400]: Remote message: PAP access OK
Jan 19 14:52:23 localhost pppd[8400]: PAP authentication succeeded
Jan 19 14:52:24 localhost pppd[8400]: not replacing default route to 
eth0 [192.168.174.241]
Jan 19 14:52:24 localhost pppd[8400]: Cannot determine ethernet address 
for proxy ARP
Jan 19 14:52:24 localhost pppd[8400]: local  IP address 217.201.0.129
Jan 19 14:52:24 localhost pppd[8400]: remote IP address 217.201.0.0
Jan 19 14:52:24 localhost pppd[8400]: primary   DNS address 213.230.130.222
Jan 19 14:52:24 localhost pppd[8400]: secondary DNS address 213.230.155.94
Jan 19 14:59:36 localhost pppd[8400]: Terminating on signal 15.