56 k modem

[chris]

On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 02:21 +0100, ms wrote:
> On 17/08/10 01:47, chris wrote:
> > Hi Using 10.04, I run a 56k external modem on my laptop.  This is
> > running through a usb to serial cable. Using gnome ppp front end for
> > wvdial
> > Up to know, and since 6.04, this has never given a problem.
> > since the last kernal update, it is now dropping the connection, and I
> > have to reboot for the system to find the modem.
> >
> > How can I restart the connection with out re-booting
> >
> 
> Hmm, for a start, try:
> 
> sudo /etc/init.d/network-manager restart
> 
> and see if it comes back.
> 
> Also, check if the logs (/var/log/messages) say anything odd regarding 
> your modem and report.
> 
> cheers,
> m.
> 
Hi again,
Here is the log of this mornings drop out

Aug 17 08:17:58 lucy pppd[1647]: Using interface ppp0
Aug 17 08:17:58 lucy pppd[1647]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyUSB0
Aug 17 08:18:02 lucy kernel: [   62.078628] PPP BSD Compression module
registered
Aug 17 08:18:02 lucy kernel: [   62.086497] PPP Deflate Compression
module registered
Aug 17 08:18:02 lucy pppd[1647]: local  IP address 218.101.96.206
Aug 17 08:18:02 lucy pppd[1647]: remote IP address 218.101.58.67
Aug 17 08:18:02 lucy pppd[1647]: primary   DNS address 203.97.78.43
Aug 17 08:18:02 lucy pppd[1647]: secondary DNS address 203.97.78.44
Aug 17 08:19:40 lucy kernel: [  159.992544] CE: hpet increasing
min_delta_ns to 15000 nsec
Aug 17 08:23:45 lucy pppd[1647]: Terminating on signal 15
Aug 17 08:23:45 lucy pppd[1647]: Connect time 5.8 minutes.

Now what does terminating on signal 15 mean?
cheers chris