A UUCP question

[Mario Dorion]

Hi!

I've got a UUCP problem. There's a uucp link (through standard modems) 
between my site (X02) and site cmtl01. This link has been used for a few months
now for E-mail and file transfering without any problems. 

For a few weeks, cmtl01 have been giving me a news feed. Since then our commu-
nications have been failing with depressing regularity. A (very) good number of
our sessions end with *alarms* messages.

Since I really have no ideas of what these messages mean I really don't know 
where to look!

Any suggestions???

Here's a few lines from the uucico log and the uucp log. I am using HDP's UUCP 
with a system V system.



*************************** uucico log ***************************************
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777602
send 40
pkgetpack: Connodata=1
rec h->cntl 37777777612
alarm 1
alarm 2
send 40
alarm 3
send 40
alarm 4
send 40
alarm 5
send 40
alarm 6
send 40
alarm 7
send 40
alarm 8
send 40
alarm 9
send 40
alarm 10
send 40
alarm 11
send 40
tries = 10
send 10
send 10
r short 2 want 3
rcount = 0
xcount = 0
cntrl - -1
send OO 0,imsg >exit code -1
Conversation Complete: Status FAILED

**************************** uucp log ************************************
TM_cnt: 1
tm_name: /usr/spool/uucp/cmtl01/TM.10495.000
uucp cmtl01  (11/29-13:10:36,10495,0) FAILED (LOGIN FAILED)
uucp cmtl01  (11/29-13:11:29,10495,0) FAILED (LOGIN FAILED)
uucp cmtl01  (11/29-13:12:22,10495,0) FAILED (LOGIN FAILED)
uucp cmtl01  (11/29-13:12:57,10495,0) SUCCEEDED (call to cmtl01 )
uucp cmtl01  (11/29-13:12:59,10495,0) OK (startup)
uucp cmtl01  (11/29-13:13:00,10495,0) REMOTE REQUESTED (cmtl01!D.cmtl07d72574 --> X02!D.cmtl07d72574 (news))
news cmtl01  (11/29-13:16:03,10495,1) IN SEND/SLAVE MODE (INPUT FAILURE)
news cmtl01  (11/29-13:16:03,10495,1) FAILED (conversation complete)
uucp cmtl01  (11/29-13:25:58,10557,0) FAILED (LOGIN FAILED)
uucp cmtl01  (11/29-13:26:47,10557,0) CAUGHT (SIGNAL 15)
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     Mario Dorion              | E-mail: mdorion at X02.UUCP 
     XIOS Systems              |         ...uunet!attcan!cmtl01!X02!mdorion
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