mgetty не ловит LCP ConfReq под 2.4

Собсно сабж, в login.conf указано:
/AutoPPP/ - a_ppp /usr/sbin/pppd auth login kdebug 7 debug nodetach

пробовал и другие варианты (в том числе и не pppd) эфект тот же - указанная прога просто не заводится
Сам модем в mgetty.conf описан так:
port ttyS3
speed 115200
data-only y

В логах мгетти:

03/24 03:38:55 yS3 waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
03/24 03:38:55 yS3 waiting...
03/24 03:41:08 yS3 wfr: waiting for ``RING''
03/24 03:41:08 yS3 send: ATA[0d]
03/24 03:41:08 yS3 waiting for ``CONNECT'' ** found **
03/24 03:41:27 yS3 send:
03/24 03:41:27 yS3 waiting for ``_'' ** found **
03/24 03:42:01 ##### failed dev=ttyS3, pid=302, got signal 1, exiting

--
03/24 03:42:01 yS3 mgetty: experimental test release 1.1.28-Jan10
03/24 03:42:01 yS3 check for lockfiles
03/24 03:42:01 yS3 locking the line
03/24 03:42:01 yS3 lowering DTR to reset Modem
03/24 03:42:02 yS3 send: \dATQ0V1H0[0d]
03/24 03:42:03 yS3 waiting for ``OK''
03/24 03:42:03 yS3 found action string: ``NO CARRIER''
03/24 03:42:03 yS3 init chat failed, exiting...: Invalid argument
03/24 03:42:03 ##### failed in mg_init_data, dev=ttyS3, pid=304

--
03/24 03:42:03 yS3 mgetty: experimental test release 1.1.28-Jan10
03/24 03:42:03 yS3 check for lockfiles
03/24 03:42:03 yS3 locking the line
03/24 03:42:03 yS3 lowering DTR to reset Modem
03/24 03:42:04 yS3 send: \dATQ0V1H0[0d]
03/24 03:42:04 yS3 waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
03/24 03:42:05 yS3 send: ATS0=0Q0&D3&C1[0d]
03/24 03:42:05 yS3 waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
03/24 03:42:05 yS3 waiting...

Версию mgetty менял - хоть бы хрен... В чем может быть трабл ??? Ведь должно же ?.. :-))))