RE: Gnome PPP dial-up problems

[Ali Abdin <ALIABDIN aucegypt edu>]

Yup - I can confirm this problem/bug - gnome-ppp doesn't always save its 
setting (had to manually edit the file in ~/.gnome)


On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 bill.helke@cp.Novartis.com wrote:

> I can only speak from my experience.  I'm using Mindspring as my ISP and I
> needed to create a script.  One thing I noticed was that I really had to
> beat on Gnome-ppp to get it to save all of the script correctly.  I think I
> had to edit the account about three different times to get everything saved
> the way it should be.  I couldn't track down any reason why the edited
> sections weren't getting saved, but I just kept trying and eventually
> everything was saved correctly.  There are options in the script creator to
> allow you to send your userID and password which you probably already
> entered when you initially created your account for dialup.  Also, don't
> forget the DNS address(es) in the "DNS" tab.  You may see an example of a
> script in the Howto link I provided in my last reply.  Don't assume
> anything, though.  When requesting userid, Mindspring sends the prompt
> "Username" instead of "Login."  I suggest that you turn on the debug window
> in Gnome-ppp and look at what is being received when you connect to your
> ISP.  Then build your script from that.
> 
> William F. Helke
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan [mailto:gardnerj@pro-usa.net]
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 1:37 PM
> To: Helke Bill CP USGR EXC
> Cc: gnome-list@gnome.org
> Subject: Re: Gnome PPP dial-up problems
> 
> 
> Ok, I can dial now. I set the ttyS3 Permissions the way I was told and that
> was
> the problem, funny that kppp doesn't have that problem. Anyway, now I've set
> permissions and suid everything I'm supposed to but when I connect, I never
> really connect. I'm sure I'm not authenticating for some reason. Am I
> supposed
> to do anything in that 'script' area, I thought that PAP would do everything
> automatically though.
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> <snip, snip>
> 
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