Jill and all,
We're probably on the right track, but I have a couple of stupid questions.
I checked the interfaces in the terminal mode with "ifconfig lo" as
you said, and got the output you predicted.
I also checked ppp0 and got:
Link encap: Point-To-Point protocol
POINTOPOINT NOARP
MULTICAST MTU:1500
Metric:1
and a bunch of zeros for the RX and TX packets
I checked eth0 and got:
Link encap: Ethernet
HWaddr 00:05:9A:A0:FC:83
and the zeros for various RX and TX packets
Are these all reasonable values?
Now comes the stupid part. How do I place the line you suggest into
the pppd command line? I can't run the program, and entering the line
in the terminal window gives me a return to the command line with no
apparent action.
Entering "pppd" in the terminal window seems to start the program,
but I just get a continuous string of garbage characters in the
window.
Entering "pppd ttyS0" in the terminal window simply returns the command line.
I presume there's a text file somewhere to edit, but have no clue
how to do it. I'm a newbie and was hoping to encounter a graphic
interface that would let me set up the PPP connection.
-- Tom
> >from the CD. I installed only the minimum default system, which
>>includes Gnome but not KDE, plus Linuxconf and ppxp (because
>
>I think that you will need more than a default minimum installation to run
>PPP correctly from a CD. Did you install web tools etc, or click a button
>saying that you wished to connect to the Internet.
>
>
>
>I am going to presume that you have setup a dummy interface , to check this
>ifconfig lo
>
>and chould give you something like
>LO Link encap:Local loopback
>inet addr :127.0.0.1 mask 255.0.0.0
>uP LOOPBACK RUNNINNG MTU:3924 metric 1
>
>
>It sounds as if you have the correct stuff installed in your connection
>files. and have installed PPP correctly.
>
>You will now need to link chat to PPPd by placing the below in the PPPd
>command line.
>
>pppd connect "chat -f chatfile" /dev/
>cua0 ( your modem speed) -detach crtscts modem defaultroute
>
>This will help in that it will be a one step to connect. I found this to be
>the easiest way in Gnome, however the help files are a bit ambiguous.
>
>Lots of love Jill
>
>> However, I cannot activate the link to the modem from any of the
>>applications. If I use the Modem Lights applet, it says I'm not
>>connected, asks if I want to connect, then quits without any obvious
>>effect, either logged in as "root" or as "tom." Likewise, Netscape
>>says I'm not connected. All this time, the physical lights on the
>>front of the modem indicate a good connection.
>>
>> So, how do I fill in Network Configurator to make it do more than
>>dial my ISP? Could somebody with a good working knowledge of Gnome
>>tell me what is necessary to make the applications link with the
>>modem? I no longer have the Red Hat Dialer applet in the system, and
>>would just as soon not add it, since that didn't work before.
>>
>> Thanks for the info so far; Lawson, Akintayo and Teo have all sent
>>suggestions that seem to be pointing in the right direction, but the
>>magic combination still eludes me.
>>
>>-- Tom Dove
>>
>>>TOM SAID
>>>
>>> I'm running Gnome instead of KDE, because that was the default GUI and
>>>I don't know how to switch to KDE. There's a popup menu in the Gnome
>>>panel that lists KPPP and a lot of other KDE programs, but they don't
>>>come up while I'm in Gnome; nothing happens when I choose one.
>>>
>>> How do I switch to the KDE desktop? I tried choosing it from the Red
>>>Hat login menu and the whole system froze so I had to shut off the power
>>>and reboot.
>>>
>>>I DELETED THE REST
>>>
>>>
>>>I take that you have a CD with Linux installed, and have nothing saved yet
>>>on your machine that is needed.
>>>You can download it from www.kde.org.
>>>Threes a RPM file on the CD
>>>
>>>but the easiest way would to be set it up from scratch on a re-install
>from
>>>the CD, you get an option to install when asked what components you want
> >>installed.
>>>
>>>After reading your mail again, I noticed that you said that KPPP etc
>appear
>>>on your menus in Gnome. I would say that you do have KDE installed as
>these
>>>will only appear when KDE is installed. I think your prob may lie
>somewhere
>>>else.
>>>
>>>When you said the whole system froze, you meant it froze, I had a cup of
>>>coffee it is still frozen!!! KDE does take a little time to come up the
>>>first time that you use. If KDE was not installed at all it would just
>bring
>>>you back to the Gnome log on page ( where you started)
>>>
>>>Is your X-server correctly set-up ???
>>>
>>>Lots of love Jill
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>>>I know this is a pain, but it will help me
>>>remember our conversation previously
>>></signature>
>>
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