Hi, all --
I had exactly the same problem with kppd, and with the kind help of others on this
list solved it by increasing the timeout
period. The default is 60; I changed it to 600 (too lazy to erase a number). Anyhow,
the change works.
On Sat, 24 Jun 2000 17:53:11 +0100, Roger Pithers wrote:
>I have been connected to the web with LM 7.0 for a few weeks now with no
>problem, but suddenly when my modem dials out it disconnects at the
>"starting pppd" stage and gives a "pppd died unexpectedly" error, or on one
>occassion "Timeout expired while waiting for the ppp interface to come up".
>I have checked all the settings in kppp which seem to be correct and have
>even read the manual :-)) but with no result. I have no problems with the
>same modem using BeOS or Windoze.
>
>Please help, I'm tearing my hair out and there's not much left!
>
>Roger
>
Pete Clapham
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