[pptp-server] PoPToP newbie problems

[Michael Walter]

gpm is a mouse driver, so those errors are unrelated.
the gnome startup looks normal.
the pptpd processes are as you probably guessed abnormal.  you should see

Feb  1 12:59:07 localhost pptpd[509]: MGR: Manager process started

once for each time you start poptop.  The fact that it is appearing multiple
times means that either multiple instances of poptop are being spawned, or
one is crashing and continually being respawned.  I would tend to think the
latter but you should be able to tell by looking at your processes.  Were
there any errors during the install process?  Did you do your own compile on
pptpd or use the rpm?  Have you set the debugging mode for poptop and if so
what kind of messages is it generating?(to do so add the line "debug"(no
quotes) to the /etc/pptpd.conf file)  That will log debugging to the
messages file, to log to a different file add the line, "daemon.debug
/var/log/pptpd.log"(no quotes) to /etc/syslog.conf.



Thanks,
Michael J. Walter mcse rhce
walterm at gliatech.com
216-831-3200



-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Williams [mailto:willic2 at mail.auburn.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 2:03 PM
To: pptp-server at lists.schulte.org
Subject: [pptp-server] PoPToP newbie problems


We went through and tried to setup PoPToP via the PoPToP FAQ/HOWTO listed
on MoretonBay's site.  We are now having a problem where after starting
pptpd we get a seg fault after a couple of seconds and the following is in
our pptpd.log.  Can anyone help here?:

Feb  1 12:59:03 localhost gpm[450]: Error in protocol
Feb  1 12:59:03 localhost last message repeated 12 times
Feb  1 12:59:07 localhost pptpd[509]: MGR: Manager process started
Feb  1 12:59:25 localhost gnome-name-server[581]: starting
Feb  1 12:59:25 localhost gnome-name-server[581]: name server starting
Feb  1 12:59:34 localhost gnome-name-server[621]: server_is_alive:
cnx[IDL:GNOME/Panel:1.0] = 0x8057968 
Feb  1 12:59:35 localhost gnome-name-server[622]: server_is_alive:
cnx[IDL:GNOME/Panel:1.0] = 0x8058038 
Feb  1 13:01:48 localhost pptpd[651]: MGR: Manager process started
Feb  1 13:07:47 localhost pptpd[682]: MGR: Manager process started
Feb  1 13:08:29 localhost pptpd[688]: MGR: Manager process started
Feb  1 13:08:36 localhost pptpd[690]: MGR: Manager process started
Feb  1 13:09:25 localhost pptpd[696]: MGR: Manager process started
Feb  1 13:56:37 localhost gpm[450]: Error in protocol
Feb  1 13:56:37 localhost last message repeated 12 times
Feb  1 13:57:25 localhost gnome-name-server[594]: starting
Feb  1 13:57:25 localhost gnome-name-server[594]: name server starting
Feb  1 13:57:34 localhost gnome-name-server[626]: server_is_alive:
cnx[IDL:GNOME/Panel:1.0] = 0x8057a48 
Feb  1 13:57:34 localhost gnome-name-server[627]: server_is_alive:
cnx[IDL:GNOME/Panel:1.0] = 0x8058040 



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