I've done this lots. I didn't have near the problems you seem to be having. If you can chroot to /bin/bash you shouldn't have a problem. But you need pppconfig in addition to ppp. According to my notes I had to USE="-unicode" before I could emerge pppconfig. Don't recall where that came from; you might not have to. Run pppconfig and fill in the lines. That's all I had to do. Unless this "PPPoA" thing you mention queers the deal.
Then edit sudoers for user access -- you're all set. --- Charles Trois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's not easy to install things in Gentoo without > Internet access, > especially when it's about installing the Internet > connexion itself. > > My ISP uses PPPoA, and I have a Speedtouch USB > modem, the installation > of which requires ppp-2.4.3. This is not provided by > the distfiles, so I > used a tarball downloaded under MacOS, which I > installed in the ordinary > way (which is not the Gentoo way). The Speedtouch > pages say that one should > > (1) write PEER="speedtch" in /etc/conf.d/net.ppp0 > (speedtch is the > name of the modem config file) > > (2) run "rc-update add net.ppp0 default" in order > that ppp0 start at > boot. > > Thus installed, the thing works, but only up to a > point, in that > > (3) I have to run "pppd call speedtch" to start > ppp, and > > (4) I must change the default route from eth0 to > ppp0 to make the > name resolution work. > > Supposing that these difficulties might result from > a bad installation > of ppp-2.4.3, and Internet now being available, I > looked for a proper > emerge, and found ppp-2.4.3-r10.ebuild, which I > installed, unmasking it > for ~ppc (this is an iMac). That was ok, but the > note at the end says > that /etc/init.d/net.ppp0 is no longer used and that > everything goes > through pppd. Then (2) above does no longer make > sense, and I am not > sure about (1). > > I tried to run pppd just to see, but there was no > result (although no > error). From the script, it seems that it might give > some messages, but > there was nothing. > > How does it work? What should I do instead of (1) > and (2), and shall I > be rid of (3) and (4)? > > I'll be grateful for all hints. > > Charles > > > > > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
