Hi Brian, Hi Steffen, Hi List! Brian, all you've said I tried and didn't work since MDK 8.1. I did so a suid script.
Now, Steffen, thank you for your observation and I'll try it at home. Afterwards I keep you all informed. Cheers, On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Steffen Barszus wrote: > On Tuesday 12 November 2002 23:14, Brian Schroeder wrote: > > I use kppp at home to dial my ISP. After upgrading from Mandrake 8.2 > > to 9.0, I found my internet connection didn't work. I checked my > > firewall rules, resolv.conf, all messages files, etc. and couldn't > > see anything wrong. > > > > I eventually discovered that the default route was not being set to > > point to my ISP, and I had to set it manually. This is something > > that always worked in previous versions, but doesn't work in mdk9.0. > > > > Now that I know what the problem is, I can set it quite easily each > > time, although it is a nuisance. But other family members (who DON'T > > know the root password, and are not so computer literate) would not > > be able to do this. (Yes, I know I could create a suid script for > > them, or something similar, but I don't really want to do this kind > > of hack.) > > > > Is this a bug, or is it just a configuration issue? If the latter, > > what should I do? > > > Sounds you should read the errata for 9.0 more carefully .... > > "..... > Error scenario: You have an ethernet card for the local LAN and a modem for > internet access and you can't reach the internet. > > Why: Drakconnect wrongly asks for a gateway, and ppp can't set your modem > connection as the default route. > > Solution: As root, edit /etc/sysconfig/network and manually remove the GATEWAY > entry. > ..." > > could it be that this is your problem ? > > Greets > > Steffen > > -- ----------------------- Alan Wilter S. da Silva ----------------------- Laboratório de Física Biológica Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho Universidade do Brasil/UFRJ Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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