pppd daemon died enexpectedly!

[BRiAN88039]

Mandrake 8.0
ModemBlaster from Creative (serial port)

Modem is detected. It dials out. It confirms user name and password and then when a connection would be made I get this error message:

pppd daemon died unexpectedly!
exit status 16

[Saptech]

Try editing the file /etc/ppp/options and disable the option "lock" by using comment sign #. The line should look like this:


# lock


Sometimes the problem could be your ISP also.