Andrew....I believe that I've heard of this happening when
someone's chosen one of the higher security levels. The
system senses a new user when the phone connection is made
(the ip address of ppp0 changes to whatever the isp assigned)
and therefore does not allow any of the normally accessable
programs to be launched. When the connection goes away, then
all becomes normal again. So I believe that possibly
re-setting the system security level might solve your
problem. Anyway, I hope this leads you in a positive
direction towards solving your problem.
Alan
Andrew Scotchmer wrote:
>
> On Thu, 03 Jul 2036, you wrote:
> > Yo Andrew,
> >
> > Your problem may not be a "kppp" problem at all. If you can use other
> > networking protocols, the problem can be one of or both of two things. DNS IP
> > configuration incorrect and something is wrong with your browser. In my
> > opinion, I believe it to be your browser alone. If you cant FTP to a site
> > using the site name such as:
> >
> Thanks Altoine,
> however I think maybe I did not explain myself fully the first time.
> Netscape was only an example. What happens is nothing opens. I click on say
> my home directory and nothing happens. I click on the console and nothing
> happens. When I go to the menu and choose anything, say a game, nothing
> happens, yet using the /sbin/ifup command everything is fine.
>
> It is not only netscape it is the whole desktop that doesn't respond when
> connecting with kppp. I've checked my DNS IP configuration and all is fine.
>
> --
> Andrew
