RE: [expert] Problem with ifup ppp0 in LM 8.0

[CHARDON,LUIS (HP-PuertoRico,ex1)]

I tried that already and it didn't work either. My only solution was to
install wvdial and use it instead of ifup ppp0 on my connection script.

Luis

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 1:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Problem with ifup ppp0 in LM 8.0


On Monday, Jun 11, 2001, CHARDON,LUIS (HP-PuertoRico,ex1) wrote:

> I have the same problem on 8.0 and also traced it back to the ppp-watch
> line. I tried to run it manually and it does not work either. I had the
same
> problem the first time I installed 7.2, but I solved it by removing the
> WVDIAL... variable in the ifcfg-ppp0 file, and then it worked. It seems to
> have some problems that it tries to use wvdial, but wvdial does not come
> with the Mandrake distro., it comes with RedHat. I installed wvdial to see
> if it solves this problem, and it does not work either.
> 
> I've also seen a weird behavior prior installing wvdial. Everytime you run
> an ifup ppp0 a file named /etc/ppp/peers/ppp0 is created and the contents
> have
> 
> connect "/usr/bin/wvdial --remotename ppp0 --chat prtc.net"
> 
> I don't know if ppp-watch reads this file and that is the problem.

You need to use the Networking tab in Mandrake Control Center to setup
your ppp... if you use Linuxconf, it won't be configured right.  I
figured this out by trial and error (and have posted this before so
please check the list archives next time).

Anyway, yes, /etc/ppp/peers/ppp0 does get used, and here is the contents
of mine (notice the difference):

connect "/usr/sbin/chat  -f /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/chat-ppp0"

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