Re: Gnome PPP dial-up problems

["Phil Robins" <fillrobs hotmail com>]

my ISP is Compuserve and I downloaded a text file called Kppp-Cis.txt or 
something like that, from the Linux forum, I followed the instructions and 
it worked 1st time.  Previously I used to get pppd daemon died after it made 
the connection.

Try getting a file from your ISP, someone else must be using Linux and 
getting connected with your ISP too.  Basically my instructions talked me 
through creating the script part of the KPPP setup (Expect and Send 
commands).

Good Luck

Phil


>From: flagg@goodnet.com
>To: Jonathan <gardnerj@pro-usa.net>
>CC: gnome-list@gnome.org
>Subject: Re: Gnome PPP dial-up problems
>Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 08:33:12 -0700 (MST)
>
>i am experiencing the _same_ problem. and i always have.
>
>actually, i take that back. i did get it working once a LONG time ago, but
>i honestly forget how i did it. try running gnome-ppp as root and see if it
>gives you the same error. if it doesnt at least you know its probably a
>permission problem.
>
>-shawn.
>
>
> > Well, I did the setuid on pppd (which is located at /usr/sbin/ not just 
>/sbin) but
> > as soon as I click on "connect" I get the error that the "pppd daemon 
>has died"
> > pap-secrets seems fine also, besides I wouldn't expect that to cause a 
>problem
> > until I was trying to authenticate. This is immediate, upon pressing 
>connect.:-(
> > could the location of pppd be the problem? Gnome-ppp looking for it at 
>/sbin while
> > it's really at /usr/sbin?
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
> > Cody Russell wrote:
> >
> > > No it doesn't. I'm not familiar enough with the inner workings of
> > > gnome-ppp yet, or else I would fix this, but gnome-ppp requires that
> > > /sbin/pppd be setuid. Your /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file must also be
> > > configured the way I described in order to use gnome-ppp. If kppp is
> > > working fine for you, there may not be much reason to switch. But if 
>you
> > > do want to switch, try that and let me know if it doesn't work.
> > >
> > > Cody
> > >
> > > On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Jonathan wrote:
> > >
> > > > Well I tried installing rp3 but it led me on an unending list of 
>failed
> > > > dependencies. Everytime I'd try to install or update the appropriat 
>rpm I'd
> > > > get more I'd have to do. It finally came down to needing an updated 
>lib for
> > > > the updated timeconfig, for the updated initscripts and it 
>complained about
> > > > the fact that the old lib was needed by stuff and the new lib 
>conflicted with
> > > > the old. I've no idea how I'm supposed to go on from there, so for 
>now I'm
> > > > still using kppp.
> > > > The fact that I can use kppp suggests that my pppd and modem access 
>is ok.
> > > >
> > > > Jonathan
> > > >
> > > > Cody Russell wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > If you're using Red Hat Linux, you might check out Red Hat's PPP 
>dialer,
> > > > > rp3. It's a little more polished than gnome-ppp.
> > > > >
> > > > > Otherwise, you can still get gnome-ppp working. You need to check 
>and see
> > > > > if you have a file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets setup. It should contain a 
>line
> > > > > such as:
> > > > >
> > > > > username        remote  password
> > > > >
> > > > > The remote tag can be any identifier you want. It must correspond 
>to the
> > > > > "Remote Name" entry in gnome-ppp's properties.
> > > > >
> > > > > Then chmod u+s /sbin/pppd and make sure you have proper access to 
>your
> > > > > modem device. I think that should work. If not, let me know what
> > > > > /var/log/messages says.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cody Russell
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Jonathan wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I'd like to wean myself away from as many kde apps as possible, 
>but
> > > > > > I find I have to use kppp because the Gnome PPP utility dies as 
>soon as
> > > > > > I try to dial. I get everything configured and then press 
>connect and
> > > > > > I get a crashing sound and an error message. Any ideas what 
>could be
> > > > > > causing this.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Also, While I use Netscape Mail for most of my email, since it 
>only
> > > > > > allows one POP mail account, I have to use another utility here 
>agin
> > > > > > kmail seems to fit the bill best, except when I want to click on 
>link
> > > > > > and it brings up all the kde icons. I'd like to use Balsa, but 
>that
> > > > > > doens't seem to be able to send via SMTP. It looks like the 
>option is
> > > > > > there, but I cannot choose it. Is this just not usable yet?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jonathan
> > > > > >
> > > > > > PS I had thought that I needed to use the kde CD player, but 
>just now
> > > > > > the Gnome CD player worked and in fact brought up the CDDB info 
>that the
> > > > > > kde player seemed unable to.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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