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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!spool.mu.edu!news.clark.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!ns1.nodak.edu!plains!axvig From: axvig@plains.NoDak.edu () Subject: pppd won't work - ioctl(TIOCSETD): Inappropriate ioctl for device Sender: usenet@ns1.nodak.edu (Usenet login) Message-ID: <Ct32o5.Brz@ns1.nodak.edu> Date: Sun, 17 Jul 1994 12:00:05 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: plains.nodak.edu Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 14 I have been trying to get my pppd working for about a month - I recompiled the kernel (now have 2 ppp devices), installed pppd 2.1.2a, created /etc/ppp directory, etc., but I keep getting this message: > Jul 17 07:37:25 Osmeh pppd[104]: pppd 2.1.2 started by Phob, uid 8 > Jul 17 07:37:25 Osmeh pppd[104]: ioctl(TIOCSETD): Inappropriate ioctl for device whenever I start the daemon. I go through a pty when testing ppp since on my the comp. doesn't have a modem. (it's a pc 386 + FreeBSD 1.1R) Is there any clue what I should do or not do? I'm getting really nervous.