Re: [ilugd] Problem opening modem by kppp

2003-08-18 Thread MALKIAT BENIPAL
Hi, try to make a new dial up connection in kppp and then try this out. Hope this works. malkiat Narsingh Sahu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everybody, Last night while I was browsing the Net, my PC rebooted due to a power problem. Thereafter, kppp failed to connect to the Net saying unable to

Re: [ilugd] Problem opening modem by kppp

2003-08-18 Thread Nishikant Kapoor
Check for /dev/modem permissions. Make sure 'user' has read access to it. Otherwise, try kppp as 'root' Regards, Nishi MALKIAT BENIPAL wrote: Hi, try to make a new dial up connection in kppp and then try this out. Hope this works. malkiat Narsingh Sahu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello

Re: [ilugd] Problem opening modem by kppp

2003-08-18 Thread LinuxLingam
On Monday 18 August 2003 04:05 pm, you wrote: Hello everybody, Last night while I was browsing the Net, my PC rebooted due to a power problem. Thereafter, kppp failed to connect to the Net saying unable to open modem or something similar. There is no lock file. The modem works alright in

Re: [ilugd] Problem opening modem by kppp

2003-08-18 Thread Narsingh Sahu
--- Nishikant Kapoor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check for /dev/modem permissions. Make sure 'user' has read access to it. Otherwise, try kppp as 'root' Regards, Nishi MALKIAT BENIPAL wrote: Hi, try to make a new dial up connection in kppp and then try this out. Hope this works. No

Re: [ilugd] Problem opening modem by kppp

2003-08-18 Thread Somnath
Hey, I have got a peculear problem.I can make the kppd up and get connected but I cannot browse the net nor I can run the Ximian.All have to do is disconnect the kppd and then run the neat and activate the modem connection and then browse the net...What the hell with this kppd.The icon

Re: [ilugd] Problem opening modem by kppp

2003-08-18 Thread LinuxLingam
On Monday 18 August 2003 11:14 pm, you wrote: Hey, I have got a peculear problem.I can make the kppd up and get connected but I cannot browse the net nor I can run the Ximian.All have to do is disconnect the kppd and then run the neat and activate the modem connection and then browse the

Re: [ilugd] Problem opening modem by kppp

2003-08-18 Thread LinuxLingam
On Monday 18 August 2003 11:21 pm, you wrote: Dear Sir, I have just purchased an HP Deskjet 3420 printer and to my dismay it does not print in linux.It gets installed but does not print...Please help me.. thanks in advance.. S.Bera you need to do two things: 1) use CUPS (google) 2) you

Re: [ilugd] Problem opening modem by kppp

2003-08-18 Thread Narsingh Sahu
Sorry Rishi, You were right. I changed the permissions for kppp and it worked. But what stil foxes me is how a power outage can result in change of permission of a file in operation. Thanks, -- narsingh Nishikant Kapoor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check for /dev/modem permissions. Make sure

Re: [ilugd] Problem opening modem by kppp

2003-08-18 Thread Narsingh Sahu
No LL, You are widely off the mark. I sent the message from my office Linux box. Incidentally I have got Knoppix installed onto my harddisk both at home and office. I came to like Debian after using all sorts of Distro (RH, Mandrake, SuSE - you name it). And since I could not lay my hands on a