kppp let's you create a script. The thing is that kppp does not (I
think) use anything from /etc/ppp, at all. It has everything inside of
itself. It does not run a script whatsoever, it just starts pppd with
it's own script.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: david sims [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 11:25 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [expert] kppp starts pppd feebly, Network Configurator starts
> pppd like a champ
>
>
> When I dial up to the net via Network Configurator (netcfg),
> everything works
> great. I get on the net, and everything works perfectly. I
> did a "ps --cols 1000
> ax | grep ppp" and noticed that Network Configurator starts
> pppd with many
> options:
>
> /usr/sbin/pppd -detach lock modem crtscts asyncmap 00000000
> defaultroute debug /dev/ttyS1 115200 remotename ppp0 ipparam
> ppp0 debug kdebug 2 connect /usr/sbin/chat -v -f
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/chat-ppp0
>
> However, when kppp dials up to the net and tries to start
> pppd, 'ps' tells me
> it's started this way:
>
> pppd 38400 -detach crtscts lock modem
>
> Subsequently, when I dial up using kppp, my /etc/ppp/ip-up
> script never gets
> run and pppd eventually times out and fails.
>
> It seems like kppp starts pppd with far too few options for
> anything to work.
> I'm running Mandrake 6.0, kdenetwork-1.1.1final-7mdk,
> ppp-2.3.8-1mdk, and
> kernel 2.2.12 SMP that I compiled myself (not from Mandrake).
>
> Any help appreciated! I'd sure like to dial up using kppp
> instead of Network
> Configurator.
>
> cheers,
> david
>
> --
> David Sims [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sims Computing www.simscomputing.com
>
