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holyowned
April 27th, 2009, 03:59 PM
I had my Sierra Aircard AC860 working under 7.10:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=320398&highlight=ac860

When I upgraded to 8.10 LTS, it asked if I wanted my personal settings imported, I checked yes.
My aircard quit working.
If I use GNOME PPP, it tries to connect, then exits with an error code 2:

--> Ignoring malformed input line: ";Do NOT edit this file by hand!"
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
--> Cannot set information for serial port.
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATM1L3DT*99***1#
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATM1L3DT*99***1#
CONNECT
--> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt.
--> Don't know what to do! Starting pppd and hoping for the best.
--> Starting pppd at Sun Apr 26 20:03:16 2009
--> Pid of pppd: 7904
--> Disconnecting at Sun Apr 26 20:03:16 2009
--> The PPP daemon has died: pppd options error (exit code = 2)
--> man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail.
--> I guess that's it for now, exiting
--> The PPP daemon has died. (exit code = 2)

If I use PON, it says it's connected, but no data is transferred:

Apr 26 20:10:26 dave-laptop pppd[8343]: pppd 2.4.4 started by dave, uid 1000
Apr 26 20:10:27 dave-laptop chat[8345]: abort on (BUSY)
Apr 26 20:10:27 dave-laptop chat[8345]: abort on (NO CARRIER)
Apr 26 20:10:27 dave-laptop chat[8345]: abort on (VOICE)
Apr 26 20:10:27 dave-laptop chat[8345]: abort on (NO DIALTONE)
Apr 26 20:10:27 dave-laptop chat[8345]: abort on (NO DIAL TONE)
Apr 26 20:10:27 dave-laptop chat[8345]: abort on (NO ANSWER)
Apr 26 20:10:27 dave-laptop chat[8345]: abort on (DELAYED)
Apr 26 20:10:27 dave-laptop chat[8345]: send (ATZ^M)
Apr 26 20:10:27 dave-laptop chat[8345]: expect (OK)
Apr 26 20:10:27 dave-laptop chat[8345]: ATZ^M^M
Apr 26 20:10:27 dave-laptop chat[8345]: OK
Apr 26 20:10:27 dave-laptop chat[8345]: -- got it
Apr 26 20:10:27 dave-laptop chat[8345]: send (ATDT*99#^M)
Apr 26 20:10:27 dave-laptop chat[8345]: expect (CONNECT)
Apr 26 20:10:27 dave-laptop chat[8345]: ^M
Apr 26 20:10:27 dave-laptop chat[8345]: ATDT*99#^M^M
Apr 26 20:10:27 dave-laptop chat[8345]: CONNECT
Apr 26 20:10:27 dave-laptop chat[8345]: -- got it
Apr 26 20:10:27 dave-laptop chat[8345]: send (\d)
Apr 26 20:10:28 dave-laptop pppd[8343]: Serial connection established.
Apr 26 20:10:28 dave-laptop pppd[8343]: Using interface ppp0
Apr 26 20:10:28 dave-laptop pppd[8343]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
Apr 26 20:10:29 dave-laptop pppd[8343]: Warning - secret file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets has world and/or group access
Apr 26 20:10:29 dave-laptop pppd[8343]: Warning - secret file /etc/ppp/chap-secrets has world and/or group access
Apr 26 20:10:29 dave-laptop pppd[8343]: CHAP authentication succeeded
Apr 26 20:10:29 dave-laptop pppd[8343]: CHAP authentication succeeded
Apr 26 20:10:30 dave-laptop kernel: [ 327.625985] PPP BSD Compression module registered
Apr 26 20:10:30 dave-laptop kernel: [ 327.677884] PPP Deflate Compression module registered
Apr 26 20:10:33 dave-laptop pppd[8343]: Could not determine remote IP address: defaulting to 10.64.64.64
Apr 26 20:10:33 dave-laptop pppd[8343]: local IP address 166.204.185.53
Apr 26 20:10:33 dave-laptop pppd[8343]: remote IP address 10.64.64.64

After I enter POFF in a terminal:

Apr 26 20:11:42 dave-laptop pppd[8343]: Terminating on signal 15
Apr 26 20:11:42 dave-laptop pppd[8343]: Connect time 1.2 minutes.
Apr 26 20:11:42 dave-laptop pppd[8343]: Sent 0 bytes, received 0 bytes.
Apr 26 20:11:42 dave-laptop pppd[8343]: Connection terminated.
Apr 26 20:11:43 dave-laptop pppd[8343]: Exit.

Thanks in advance for the help.

holyowned
May 3rd, 2009, 02:16 AM
Man, do I feel like a chump. lol Firefox was set to work offline. My first clue was when I noticed the update manager seemed active. Unchecked the work offline box in FF, and I am rolling once again.