Stephen F. Bosch wrote:
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> Okay, my turn to ask questions:
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> I am setting up a machine for someone else who will only have dialup
> access to the internet. I have managed to configure the modem without
> any trouble; kppp can dial in, connect, and authenticate, and I can even
>
> surf and ping and all that good stuff.
>
> Here's the *strange* part:
>
> Once connected, I can't *open* anything. Nix. Nada. I can't open
> anything on the Kpanel, I can't open apps from the Kmenu... the system
> is paralyzed. All I can do, it seems, is disconnect kppp.
>
> No error messages of any kind.
>
> If I have Netscape open when I connect, I can surf normally. If I don't
> have Netscape open, I'm SOL -- because it won't open.
>
> After I disconnect -- bingo, I can open apps again.
>
> Peculiar, no?
>
> -Stephen-
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Your .kde might be corrupt--does this occur for ALL users or one user?
There are workarounds such as configuring ppp from DrakConf->Networking
and deleting the kppp and its icons if it is specific to kppp. More
likely though, is a problem with ~/.kde. Depending on security level,
there might be something in some of the configuration or options files.
The fast test, if it is a ~/.kde problem is to rename ~/.kde to
something else and let it be regenerated by ctrl-alt-backspace and
logging in as the same user. If kppp then works, you know where the
problem lies and you can retest as you put in every customized setting.
If the same behavior evinces, then that is not the problem and you can
delete the newly formed ~/.kde and rename the old one back to restore
customizations.
Other places to look? /etc/ppp/options /etc/ppp/ifup-ppp
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