Steve Philp [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] said:
>Turn on debugging and see if anything obvious pops up. Check your
>log files and see if anything is listed there when the connection
>is dropped.
For fellow newbies:
A useful tip I found in a PPP "help" page. To view the debugging messages:
Edit /etc/syslog.conf. Change where it says:
*.info
to:
*.debug
(Don't forget to switch this back after you get your ppp connection
working!)
Then stop & restart the syslogd daemon.
killall -HUP syslogd
syslogd
Add the following line to /etc/ppp/options:
debug
While you are trying your ppp connection (I recommend trying to get it
working with kppp first), open another console window, then type:
tail -f /var/log/messages
Now leave that console window open. This is a cool feature. This console
window will now display all the debugging messages, as they occur.
>Do you need gpm? It doesn't sound like you're very comfortable at
>the command line, so I'm wondering if it's even necessary for you
>to run it. If you don't need it, turn it off. Problem solved.
When I am out of X Window, I like to be able to copy & paste info at the
shell prompt. For example listing a rpm file, then copying that file name
to the rpm command that I am making. Saves typing those long file names!
The middle mouse button is your friend.
>> I also installed Red Hat 6 on another partition. It is missing kpackage
and
>> glint, which is a very ugly error from Red Hat.
I tried installing kpackage in Red Hat 6.0, from the KDE.org rpm file. It
doesn't work (doesn't display the installed packages). I would just wait
for kpackage to be fixed. In the meantime, GnoRPM is pretty good. And
it's a good chance to hone your command line skills with rpm!
Richard
