Status is: disconnected trying to connect to smpppd connect to smpppd Status is: disconnected Status is: connecting Status is: disconnected pppd[0] died: pppd options error (exit code 2)
couldn't find it in 'services'...however as root the status showed up as 'running'.
Is smppd running? (rcsmpppd status, as root). You can use the runlevel editor from yast to set it to run automatically after boot (it's one of the "services").
Added verbose line to all above files...but no additional output lines were noted other than the original ones (listed at the top of this post).
Otherwise it looks to me like pppd is encountering an illegal option - this should never happen. Hmm. Try setting pppd logging to verbose first. For that, one of the options pppd needs to see is a "verbose". pppd reads a truckload of config files though. Add a "verbose" (no quotes) on a line by itself to any one (or all) of the following files. Perhaps the first line of the file is the best place. Remove it again later.
/etc/ppp/options /root/.ppprc (this probably doesn't exist, perhaps it's easiest to create this one and see if it works) /etc/ppp/peers/wvdial /etc/ppp/peers/ppp
As a result of the "verbose", you should see a lot more output lines of pppd. You're trying to find out on which option pppd chokes, and then search files for it to remove the option.
Before I do something drastic like remove the above and reinstall I'd like to take you up on the offer to take a looksee...it may also help me to understand what i did wrong (if at all) with your previous suggestionsAgere Systems AC'97 Modem
I thought AC'97 was a sound chip, but Agere = Lucent.
You could also try and remove the packages ppp, wvdial, smpppd, ltmodem, kinternet to clear out all your dialup stuff, and then reinstalling them. Not that this kind of M$ solution should be needed for Linux, of course... but being pragmatic, it could be fastest.
If you want to bring the box over I'll have a look at it.
time and place?..at your convenience
thanks
Ralph
