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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!eff!cs.umd.edu!net.usuhs.mil!apgea.army.mil.!admii!cmcl2!newsserv.cs.sunysb.edu!home.stark.cs.sunysb.EDU!stark!stark!gene From: stark!gene@newsserv.cs.sunysb.edu (Gene Stark) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: pppd won't work - ioctl(TIOCSETD): Inappropriate ioctl for device Date: 18 Jul 94 20:37:36 Organization: Gene Stark's home system Lines: 21 Message-ID: <STARK!GENE.94Jul18203736@stark.uucp> References: <Ct32o5.Brz@ns1.nodak.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: home.stark.cs.sunysb.edu In-reply-to: axvig@plains.NoDak.edu's message of Sun, 17 Jul 1994 12:00:05 GMT In article <Ct32o5.Brz@ns1.nodak.edu> axvig@plains.NoDak.edu () writes: I have been trying to get my pppd working for about a month - I recompiled the kernel (now have 2 ppp devices), installed pppd 2.1.2a, created /etc/ppp directory, etc., but I keep getting this message: > Jul 17 07:37:25 Osmeh pppd[104]: pppd 2.1.2 started by Phob, uid 8 > Jul 17 07:37:25 Osmeh pppd[104]: ioctl(TIOCSETD): Inappropriate ioctl for device whenever I start the daemon. I go through a pty when testing ppp since on my the comp. doesn't have a modem. (it's a pc 386 + FreeBSD 1.1R) Is there any clue what I should do or not do? I'm getting really nervous. The kernel is complaining about not being able to set the line discipline. Presumably this is because you are running over a pty. You cannot run pppd over a pty, since pty's do not support changing the line discipline. - Gene Stark