56 k modem

[chris]

On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 04:53 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
> 

good point
I'll have a poke around, but for now am going to roll back to the
previous kernel and see what gives.
It has only started with the latest kernel
Cheers the kiwi