[pptp-server] PoPToP newbie problems

[Allan Clark]

A related possibility is if you have installed pptpd from the packages I
built (pre 1.0.0) and tried to make yourself a "start" script in
/etc/rc.d/* , you've caused your own mistake, but it's based on my own
soapbox view.

soapbox view: 

http://www.connected.bc.ca/~agent/soapbox.html

Based on this viewpoint, take a look and see if there are entries for
the pptpd in the /etc/rc.d/* and in the inittab.  If there are in the
/etc/rc.d/*, then the inittab entry will see a process there already,
and quit.  init, following its simple logic, restarts the process. 
"wash, rinse, repeat".  Init eventually stops restarting the process
when it dies too often, but it'll start back up in a while, hoping that
the failure is resource-based, and will go away.  The only way for that
to happen in the case of an /etc/rc.d/*-started pptpd is for the pptpd
to die, which is against the objective of this group of people.  

so...

   ... check for /etc/rc.d/* stuff.

.. and support your local inittab.

:)

Allan


Michael Walter wrote:
> 
> 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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