/etc/ppp/options change "auth" to "noauth" and see if that helps. IIRC this has to be changed for kppp to work properly.
also I found out that kppplogview doesn't like it's suid bit...so folks will have to chmod u-s /usr/bin/kppplogview in order to use it. Ivan On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 06:29:40PM -0600, Brendan O'Connor wrote: > When I use kppp, pppd quits with exit status 1, which the manpage says means > a critical system error was encountered. The pppd log: > > Mar 26 18:01:31 debian pppd[797]: pppd 2.3.11 started by norm, uid 1000 > Mar 26 18:01:31 debian pppd[797]: Using interface ppp0 > Mar 26 18:01:31 debian pppd[797]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyLT0 > Mar 26 18:01:31 debian pppd[797]: Warning - secret file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets > has world and/or group access > Mar 26 18:01:34 debian pppd[797]: local IP address 216.17.10.8 > Mar 26 18:01:34 debian pppd[797]: remote IP address 216.17.3.207 > Mar 26 18:01:34 debian pppd[797]: primary DNS address 216.17.3.121 > Mar 26 18:01:34 debian pppd[797]: secondary DNS address 216.17.3.122 > Mar 26 18:15:28 debian pppd[797]: Terminating on signal 15. > Mar 26 18:15:28 debian pppd[797]: Connection terminated. > Mar 26 18:15:28 debian pppd[797]: Connect time 14.0 minutes. > Mar 26 18:15:28 debian pppd[797]: Sent 68030 bytes, received 279237 bytes. > Mar 26 18:15:28 debian pppd[797]: Exit. > > wvdial, on the other hand, works fine, and so did kppp before a reinstall of > my computer. > > I'm thinking authentication is part of the problem. On terminal-based > authentication, pppd doesn't crash until I click 'continue.' The kppp setup > forces some type of authentication option, but the wvdial pppd config file > has the noauth. I can't add noauth to "Additional pppd arguments..." under > the kppp setup because it contradicts with what kppp automatically sends. > > Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks! > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---end quoted text--- -- ---------------- Ivan E. Moore II [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://snowcrash.tdyc.com GPG KeyID=90BCE0DD GPG Fingerprint=F2FC 69FD 0DA0 4FB8 225E 27B6 7645 8141 90BC E0DD

