ppp problems

I have managed to load familiar on my 3670 iPAQ.

        Now I am having trouble getting ppp to work.

        My reference doc is:
http://www.handhelds.org:8080/wiki/PPPHowto

        From the host Linux box I run:
# pppd call ipaq

        and I get:

[julian_at_bokassa ]$ pppd call ipaq
Serial connection established.
Using interface ppp0
Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 576> <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x690ecb14> <pcomp> <accomp>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 576> <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x690ecb14> <pcomp> <accomp>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 576> <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x690ecb14> <pcomp> <accomp>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 576> <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x690ecb14> <pcomp> <accomp>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 576> <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x690ecb14> <pcomp> <accomp>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 576> <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x690ecb14> <pcomp> <accomp>]
LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
Connection terminated.
[julian_at_bokassa]$

        My /var/log/messages file shows:

Sep 10 04:38:05 bokassa pppd[25399]: pppd 2.3.11 started by julian, uid 0
Sep 10 04:38:06 bokassa chat[25400]: expect (ogin)
Sep 10 04:38:09 bokassa chat[25400]: alarm
Sep 10 04:38:09 bokassa chat[25400]: send (^M)
Sep 10 04:38:09 bokassa chat[25400]: expect (ogin:)
Sep 10 04:38:09 bokassa chat[25400]: ^M
Sep 10 04:38:09 bokassa chat[25400]: familiar login:
Sep 10 04:38:09 bokassa chat[25400]: -- got it
Sep 10 04:38:09 bokassa chat[25400]: send (ppp^M)
Sep 10 04:38:09 bokassa pppd[25399]: Serial connection established.
Sep 10 04:38:09 bokassa pppd[25399]: Using interface ppp0
Sep 10 04:38:09 bokassa pppd[25399]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
Sep 10 04:38:40 bokassa pppd[25399]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
Sep 10 04:38:40 bokassa pppd[25399]: Connection terminated.
Sep 10 04:38:41 bokassa pppd[25399]: Exit.

        So, cheating, I connect via minicom and try a ppp login.
Usually when I do this with landlines to debug, it works when I
just get binary cruft if I log in correctly:
------------------
familiar login: ppp
PAM_unix[348]: (login) session opened for user ppp by
LOGIN(uid=0)
modprobe: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.3-rmk2-np
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
modprobe: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.3-rmk2-np
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
                                                                                
familiar login:
--------------------------
I have installed the lines in /etc/modules and /etc/modules.conf
as required at http://www.handhelds.org:8080/wiki/PPPHowto

------------------
/etc/modules

  insmod slhc
  insmod ppp_generic
  insmod ppp_async
---------------------
/etc/modules.conf

alias char-major-108 ppp_generic
alias /dev/ppp ppp_generic
alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async
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        Looks like I am missing something on the iPAQ.

        I know this is long and boring, I wanted to include all
the info needed to point to the problem, which is no doubt my
stupidity causing me to miss the obvious.

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