On Tuesday 06 February 2007, Gilles CHAUVIN wrote: > Hello, > > I recently installed a relatively old (~4/5 years) laptop for a friend > which is, of course running Arch. This laptop got an old Xircom PCMCIA > card who can do both Ethernet and V92. > > My friend needs to connect to the Internet using a dialup connection. > > I installed and configured this laptop here at home using my broadband > connection and gave it back to my friend thinking everything was OK > and she could connect without any problem to her ISP. I recommended > her KPPP because I was using it many years ago back in the days I had > to connect to the internet using dialup with a "good old" RedHat 5.x > box but.... > > ...Nothing is working as expected ! > > Unfortunately, since I don't have a phone line at home, I couldn't > test it before and I don't have the laptop here with me. > > The only thing I know is the modem starts to dial the number and then, > some seconds after the "R2D2" sounds :) she is seeing some messages > saying /dev/ppp0 was not found and pppd died unexpectedly. > > So, my question here is: Are you using a dialup connection (preferably > using KPPP) and, if so, could you tell me what are the necessary steps > to make it working ? > > Any modules / daemons to load within /etc/rc.conf ? > Any changes to make to some files in /etc/ppp/* ? > > I didn't have great success searching the ML archives, Forum and the wiki > :( ! > > > Thanks for your help. > Gilles. > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > arch@archlinux.org > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
Maybe starting /etc/rc.d/ppp ? I don't really know, it's only a suggestion Damnshock
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