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Quote:> this is due to the fact that it's a pcmcia modem. Maybe. What other file
> could this be in, or is there an alternate way to kill the connection,
> other than unpluggin the modem...

kill -INT `cat /var/run/ppp0.pid`

        You could try this and if it works, you should put this in a script
file.

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Quote:> I just finished putting linux on a thinkpad 600 for a friend. When I
> investigated why my ppp-off script didn't work, I found that there is no
> ppp0.pid in /var/run. I did a search, and it's not to be found. I assume
> this is due to the fact that it's a pcmcia modem. Maybe. What other file
> could this be in, or is there an alternate way to kill the connection,
> other than unpluggin the modem...