How to get output during ppp connection?

[Rodolfo Medina]

Excuse this basic question:
when I connect, with '# pppd call my_provider', or '# pon my_provider',
I don't get any output, although the 'debug' option is present
in the file '/etc/ppp/peers/my_provider'.
If I want to see what's happening
(wether the connection is proceeding well, wether it is broken,
or whatever else), I have to type also: '# plog'.

Now, how can I get a verbose and complete output straight out of the
commands 'pppd call' or 'pon'?

At

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/coms/unix.html

I read:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is a trace from a successful GPRS connection using ppp v2.4.1 and
the scripts linked above, on an Ericsson R520m. (To get this output,
edit /etc/ppp/peers/gprs-eric to add a line with the word 'debug', and
add '-e' to the calls to chat.
drummond$ pppd call gprs-eric
GPRS Modem init: press <ctrl>-C to disconnect
+++ATATQ0V1&C1
OK
ATE1
OK
AT&F
OK
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
... etcetera.
Now, where shall I put the '-e' option? It is not clear in the above
explanation.
I did many attempts, none of them successful.

Thanks, and excuse again the basicness of my question.

Rodolfo

[Unruh]

"Rodolfo Medina" <romeo...@libero.it> writes:

>Excuse this basic question:
>when I connect, with '# pppd call my_provider', or '# pon my_provider',
>I don't get any output, although the 'debug' option is present
>in the file '/etc/ppp/peers/my_provider'.
>If I want to see what's happening
>(wether the connection is proceeding well, wether it is broken,
> or whatever else), I have to type also: '# plog'.

pppd sends its logging output to syslog, daemon log.
place the line
daemon.*;local2.* /var/log/ppplog
into /etc/syslog.conf and then do
killall -1 syslogd

If you want to watch, do
tail -f /var/log/ppplog

>Now, how can I get a verbose and complete output straight out of the
>commands 'pppd call' or 'pon'?

>At

>http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/coms/unix.html

>I read:

>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>This is a trace from a successful GPRS connection using ppp v2.4.1 and
>the scripts linked above, on an Ericsson R520m. (To get this output,
>edit /etc/ppp/peers/gprs-eric to add a line with the word 'debug', and
>add '-e' to the calls to chat.
>drummond$ pppd call gprs-eric
>GPRS Modem init: press <ctrl>-C to disconnect
>+++ATATQ0V1&C1
>OK
>ATE1
>OK
>AT&F
>OK
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>... etcetera.
>Now, where shall I put the '-e' option? It is not clear in the above
>explanation.
>I did many attempts, none of them successful.

It is -v, not -e.
and the output is sent to syslog with log local2.
Thus the local2 in the syslog.conf file

[Rodolfo Medina]

Thanks!
I did as you suggested:

at the end of the file /etc/syslog.conf I put the line

daemon.*;local2.* /var/log/ppplog

, then did

# killall -1 syslogd

and then opened the connection with:

# pon my_provider ; tail -f /var/log/ppplog

, and got the output during the connection.
But in the example reported above, from
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/coms/unix.html
, he just did '# pppd call my_provider',
without 'tail -f ...', and got the output just the same.
How to do so?

Rodolfo

[Unruh]

"Rodolfo Medina" <romeo...@libero.it> writes:

>daemon.*;local2.* /var/log/ppplog

>, then did

># killall -1 syslogd

The "tail -f..." is just so you can see it scolling on the screen while it
is happening. Anything posted here is not in that category. the output is
stored in /var/log/ppplog YOu can read it there whenever you wish.

>Rodolfo

[Rodolfo Medina]

It seems to be quite fine like this:
in one console, I do:

# tail -f /var/log/syslog

, and in another one:

# pon my_provider

. This way I can watch the output proceeding.
To stop the connection,

# poff my_provider

in the second console.

Rodolfo

[Rodolfo Medina]

"Rodolfo Medina" <romeo...@libero.it> writes:

> when I connect, with '# pppd call my_provider', or '# pon my_provider',
> I don't get any output, although the 'debug' option is present
> in the file '/etc/ppp/peers/my_provider'.
> If I want to see what's happening
> (wether the connection is proceeding well, wether it is broken,
> or whatever else), I have to type also: '# plog'.
>
> Now, how can I get a verbose and complete output straight out of the
> commands 'pppd call' or 'pon'?

All I needed was:
in the file `/etc/ppp/peers/my_provider' put the `debug' and `nodetach'
options and edit the chat line like this:

connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -s -f /etc/chatscripts/my_provider"

or also like this:

connect "/usr/sbin/chat -e -f /etc/chatscripts/my_provider"

. Bye,
Rodolfo