[Nix-dev] pppd is unable to open the /etc/ppp device

2011-12-03 Thread Peter Simons
Hi, my attempts to run pppd (via wvdial) fail with the error message shown in the Subject of this posting. When I 'mknod' that device manually, everything works fine, but I wonder: isn't /etc/ppp supposed to be created by udev? Take care, Peter ___

Re: [Nix-dev] pppd is unable to open the /etc/ppp device

2011-12-03 Thread Paul Dufresne
I did not really test NixOS lately, but normaly /etc/ppp is rather where to find configuration files. The device is usualy /dev/ttyS0 (for the first serial RS232-C connector) or /dev/ttyS1 (for the second one). Or even /dev/ttyS2 or /dev/ttyS3 for the third and fourth in some cases (mostly