Hi Rib,
I was kinda hoping to use something from Gnome, but anyway I did
notice that late last night (about 11:30) and started playing with it.
This is what I came up with:
When I tried to set it up as a normal user, these errors popped up:
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pppd is not properly installed
the pppd binary must be installed with the SUID bit set. Contact your
System Administrator.
==OK==
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I press "OK" and this one pops up:
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kppp has detected a 'lock' option in /etc/ppp/options.
This option has to be removed since kppp takes care of device locking
itself. Contact your System Administrator.
==OK==
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I press "OK" and the dialer comes up. I click "Setup" then set the
modem (ttys3 or something like that. I am back in Windows to send this
so it is from memory and what I wrote down) then I attempt to Query
the modem and I get this error:
Sorry, can't create modem lock file.
All the above happens whether I am logged into KDE or Gnome. If I log
in as root (and it doesn't matter if I'm using KDE or Gnome), I do not
get the first error "pppd is not properly installed......" but I do
get the second error "kppp has detected a 'lock' option in
/etc/ppp/options....." I press "OK" and the dialer pops up. I choose
setup and tell it where the modem is (ttys3) then 'Query the modem' it
finds it just fine. I can even log onto the net and surf to my lillo
hearts content.
Can anyone tell me what SUID is? I did look at the properties of that
'options' file and tinkered with the permissions (didn't seem to help)
and I noticed the option "set UID" (would this be SUID?). I checked it
and the one below it but the errors still came up. Also, do I need to
delete the 'options' file or just edit it and remove the line that
says "lock". Actually that is the only line in there (I opened it in a
text editor).
Again, thanks for any help.
Russ
----- Original Message -----
Russ,
you can use kppp, its include in mandrake 6.0
kppp is very simple and easy to setup, itc omes with KDE network but
you
can use it along with Gnome.
well you can run every KDE apps in Gneome and vice versa.
click your 2nd mouse button to the Gnome's foot-button, then select
properties. check the "on the main menu" option for KDE menu, so you
can access KDE apps from Gnome, have fun.
--
Rib
