chris wrote:
Hi Steve,
Yes it is on ttys0, and I can hear the modem negotiate the connection.
It then connects, and falls over at the exchange of user names and
password.
As this is a dual boot system, I know that the issue is not
name/password, as they are the same for both systems, as is of course
the isp phone numer.
it seems to be something in the exchange of username or password that
xtra is not acknowledging under hardy 8.04, but is under xp pro
The ppp log reports "looks like a keyword", and then crash. times out or
terminates I am no completely sure which.
I will attach the tail of the ppp log to an email tomorrow and see if
you can pick anything up.
From memory there is an error like this created by 'root' being owner of:
r...@celeron2195-ubuntu804:~$ ls /etc/ppp/* -l
-rw------- 1 root root 101 2008-08-01 11:25 /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1754 2007-10-05 08:57 /etc/ppp/ip-down
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1892 2007-10-05 08:57 /etc/ppp/ip-up
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 784 2007-10-05 08:57 /etc/ppp/ipv6-down
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 922 2007-10-05 08:57 /etc/ppp/ipv6-up
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13486 2007-10-05 08:57 /etc/ppp/options
-rw------- 1 root root 1649 2008-08-01 11:25 /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 137 2007-10-05 08:57 /etc/ppp/pppoe_on_boot
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48 2008-08-01 12:46 /etc/ppp/resolv.conf
..which 'user' needs write access to one/some of in order to complete
the login.
- That could prompt someone who remembers exactly what ppp wants to
write to; it should be listed in your error logs, IIRC.
