56 k modem

[Ric Moore]

On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 18:54 +1200, chris wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 06:47 +0100, Peter von Kaehne wrote:
> > On 17/08/10 02:35, chris wrote:
> > > 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
> > >   
> > 
> > software termination signal.
> > 
> > The problem is in the line above. There are some debates on hpet easily
> > found via google. I had no time to read to it all, but it looks as if a
> > kernel boot time parametre can switch hpet off and you are done.
> > 
> > Peter
> > 
> > 
> 
> Thanks Peter I will do some googling - not the greatest via modem, and
> see what I need to change

If you have your modem's manual, with all of the init strings in it, you
might try choking the modem down to 28.8, just to see what happens with
a slower connection. If it's reliable, you might start looking at line
quality issues. Cleaning the copper, etc. I used to pull my hair out for
a weekend beating on a modem gone wonky. :)  Ric