Greetings, I installed LM8.0 on a computer at work and ran into a problem.
During installation i configured a dialup (ppp0) account to our ISP using a 3com external modem on ttys0 After rebooting and loading into linux for the first time i made sure that the dialup account worked by logging in as root and running /sbin/ifup ppp0. This part went fine. I made a few backups (thank god!) and went into netconf to change ppp0 so that it could be controlled by any user. This was the only change made and netconf did not report any errors but now when anyone, root or a regular user, tries to run /sbin/ifup ppp0 the pppd daemon exits with either error #6 unable to lock the serial port, error #8 connection script failed, or error #17 which is serial loopback detection. The most common is error #17. The other 2 show up about 1 time in 10. After tring /sbin/ifup ppp0 about 100 times and double checking everything over and over again I finally gave up for the day and went back into netconf and changed it so that regular users could not control the device. Then went back and tried /sbin/ifup ppp0 and it started exiting with the same errors. Being totally frustrated i restored the backup i had made of /etc and then tried /sbin/ifup ppp0. It worked flawlessly. I then went home and ate turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy and washed it all down with a few cold ones while watching football. Man what a way to alleviate stress. :) Came back in this morning and performed a format and complete reinstall only to run through the same problems all over again. Anyone have any ideas on what is wrong and how to fix it? On another note, I was considering installing LM8.1 but has read somewhere on this list previously that Mandrake had broken the automount. Is there a patch out yet that corrects this? Thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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