I am getting here late, but have you tried, prior to using kppp to connect,
modprobe ppp_async? Your situation sounds like the one I was in with LM8.0b1,
the ppp0 module didn't exist, ppp_async didn't load for some reason, I had to
load it manually everytime. I got the pppd server died unexpectedly
right after the connection should have been established. modprobe ppp_async (as
su of course) also loads ppp_generic.
Hope this helps,
Ben
On Wed, 06 Jun 2001, you wrote:
>
> Okay I'm using Mandrake 7.2 with the kppp (kde) dial frontend,
>
> I can`t connect to the internet, I keep
> getting pppd server died
> unexpectedly errors?...I`ve gone into
> /etc/ppp/options and looked at the
> file. I have been told to change the
> `auth` command to `#auth` or `noauth`
> but to no avail. Also when I ran
> `ifconfig` in the terminal I got the
> following but no `ppp0` entry?
>
> [palisade@localhost palisade]$ su -
> Password:[Root@localhost /root]#
> ifconfig
> eth0 Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr
> 00:A0:CC:D3:62:8F
> inet addr:172.0.0.1 Bcast:172.0.0.225
> Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500
> Metric:1
> RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0
> overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0
> overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> Interrupt:10
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
> RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0
> overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:14 erros:0 dropped:0
> overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>
> [root@localhost /root]# if config a
> a: error fetching interface information:
> Device not found
> [root@localhost /root]#
>
> I get ppp errors, timeouts and a connection that isn't really a connection!
>
> This is really getting me down.
>
> Please help.
>
> My pc spec follows:
>
> Desktop - Custom
> CPU : Athlon - 1.2Ghz Overclocked to 1425Mhz
> Manufactuer : Amd - Thunderbird
> RAM (Mo) : 256 - 133cas2 Crucial running at 152
> Hard disk : I.B.M. - 46.1Gb Deskstar
> Video card : No record - 3dfx Voodoo 5500 AGP
> Sound card : Creative labs - SB Live Platinum
> CD / DVD ROM : No record - 54x cheapo
> Operating System : Mandrake - 7.2
>
> Modem : Us Robotics - Sportster Flash 56k
> Printer : Epson - Colour Stylus 440
>
> Also have Win98se Installed, managed by lilo boot manager
>
> In case you havn't noticed I am new to linux and need quite a but of help!
>
> Regards
>
> Chris Keegan
>
>
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