On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Darin wrote:
> Then, I go to set up my 28.8 external modem to dial up to my ISP. KPPP looks the
>same as it has for some time now. I enter the DNS settings, etc and tell KPPP to
>dial. I get connected and logged into my ISP normally.. Thats were the trouble
>begins.
> I tried to open Konsole to try some traceroutes and pings. For some reason, Konsole
>wont open. I tried opening X-Chat to get on to IRC.. No go.. X-Chat also refuses to
>open.
> I can, however, open Netscape and use it with no problems.
>
> As soon as I close KPPP, I can open as many Konsole and X-Chat copies as I want.
>But, as long as I am connected to my ISP, there are very few programs that I can
>open. This more than anything has me seriously confused. I've tried fiddling with
>all the settings in KPPP and the one thing I found out is that if I dont set up any
>DNS or default gateways, applications will open fine. As soon as I set those things
>up, very few applications will open.
>
> If anyone has any ideas, I'm open to them.
It's a KDE bug. Start KPPP and clk on 'setup'. Hi-lite your
account, and choose 'edit'. On the 'ip' tab, make sure 'Auto-
configure hostname from this ip' is UNchecked.
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.. Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
