On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 07:02:24PM +0100, Joerg Friedrich wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Joerg Friedrich wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> > I switched to diald 0.99.1 and now diald wants to use the ethertap-device.
> >
> > This seems to be a problem. diald doesn't receive any packets when
> > offline. I cat force diald to dial by writing 'up' or 'force' to the fifo.
> > then the link will come up and work, but when the link is down no packet
> > will get diald to bring it up.
> >
> > can anyone help?
> >
> >
> > My system:
> > Debian 2.1 (slink)
> > Kernel 2.2.14
> > Ethertap-Device-Support compiled in the kernel (not as module)
> >
>
> BTW: I switched back to Kernel 2.2.14 without Ethertap-Support, then
> everything works fine.
>
> Seems that diald cannot read the tap-device.
Did you make sure the permissions were set properly on the
tap device?
Tim
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