Seth wrote: > > after lots of trials I have LM 7.1 working almost great on my new > laptop. > 2) I downloaded the lucent drivers for my winmodem, and everything > seemed to work, it dials out and connects but PPD dies every time. > All my settings are the same for my desktop system, it should work. > does anyone have some input? Change the ppp timeout to something greater that whatever you currently have. I use 'idle 120' in /etc/ppp/options - that fixed my problem and sort yours Cheers -- ICQ# 89345394 Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected" (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972.)