> warfride wrote: > > I'm trying to connect to the internet on my potato(2.2r0) box. > > I use an onboard PCTEL modem and it's driver (yes it's a winmodem, but > it has a driver and it worked on RedHat) > > I've used WvDial to manage the connection, but have used various > others ie, Gnomes one, manual connect script, KPPP(on mandrake) > > When i run WvDial, it connects to my ISP fine, until it has to launch > PPPD, The ppp daemon either "dies unexpectedly", or I get a kernel > panic. (I have put in the "new PPPD" line in my /etc/wvdial.conf file) > > I've tried it with a number of kernels (The one it came with(2.2.17), > 2.2.17, 2.2.16, 2.2.18, 2.4-test11 > > I've also tried various versions of pppd (the one it came with, the > one from woody, a pre-2.3 one) with the same results > > I've also tried a number of PCTEL modem drivers > > I used to run RedHat and had no such problems, however I did have the > same problem with mandrake. > > If any one could help me i'd be most appreciative, if i can't get this > to work i'll have to go back to RedHat :-( > > Cheers, Warfride
You can try to edit /etc/ppp/options and replace auth with noauth -on my unstable box is line 35. Same noauth can be given in either of the GUI dialers.
