ppp trouble with 5.3-stable

[Frank J. Beckmann]

Moin,

am Sonntag, 21. November 2004 01:32 schrieb Frank J. Beckmann:
> a few days ago a did an upgrade from something pre 5.3-rc7 to the latest
> 5.3-stable. Since then I have only trouble with ppp. My computer is
> connectet to the internet via pppoe (FreeNet in Germany). My provider
> closes the connection once every 24 ours, but ppp now fails to redial.

That problem is solved. I had to explicitly disaable eveery possible 
compression protocil, then it worked. The strange thing ist that it workt 
before withou disabling that protocols.

> The interactive interface of ppp is broken, too:
>
> kairo:~# pppctl /var/run/tun0.socket
> Password:
> PPP ON kairo> show
> Use ``show ?'' to get a list.
> PPP ON kairo> show ?
> (o) = Optional context, (c) = Context required
> Connection closed
> kairo:~#
>
> Almost every command behaves that way.

This problem still exists. I have the impression that pppctl has a problem 
with shell meta characters.
-- 
Tschüss
Frank