Hello, Since you are using debian, you still may wish to give pppconfig a shot. I am using now for my machine and use the 'demand dialing'. All I do is run pon after I boot up the box. This sets up pppd to automatically log onto my ISP whenever I need outside routing. It hangs up the line after a set period of time that you set up during the pppconfig for your account.
I attempted to use kppp on kde 2.0.. It would sometimes work and sometimes not. Since I couldn't trace it down I just used debians built in pon/poff. Anyway, that's my 2 cents worth. On Friday 23 March 2001 13:15, Pablo de Vicente wrote: > El Vie 23 Mar 2001 18:08, Victor escribió: > > After having used kde 2.01 on a redhat box for a year or so, I've > > installed the latest release of kde 2.1 stable for debian potato on my > > new PC and go on using kmail as my favourite mail reader. > > Unfortunately, kppp doesn't run correctly both as a user and as root. > > After dialing the phone number, it connects giving info about the > > connection but immediately stop declaring "pppd died unexpectedly - exit > > status 1" (I had a look at man pppd but this is an extremely generic > > error) . Neither is /var/log/messages more helpful: it says : > > "terminating on signal 15". I had a go at chmod u+s /usr/bin/kppp and at > > giving all the users the same dip group. No success. > > Could you please help me with it? > > Try to use 'pon' and 'poff', to check if the problem comes from kppp or > pppd. pon connects you to your ISP and poff disconnects you from your > provider. 'pppconfig' will help you to configure your PPP ISP connection. > You may have a look at /var/log/ppp.log for debugging purposes. All those > programs come from package ppp. > > Pablo de Vicente. -- Jaye Inabnit\ARS ke6sls/TELE: USA-707-442-6579\/A GNU-Debian linux user Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB: http://www.qsl.net/ke6sls ICQ: 12741145 If it's stupid, but works, it ain't stupid. SHOUT JUST FOR FUN. Free software, in a free world, for a free spirit. Support freedom!