I'm having the same problem, and I installed with 'Welcome to Crackers'
setting, Mandrake is wayyy to secure :)
Fran
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> From: RRPotratz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; glyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
Mandrake-newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [newbie] KPPP and Desktop icons
> Date: 07 February 2000 12:45
>
> Well, on the Kppp question if you've typed in your password in the kppp
window
> I'm not sure..
>
> To put a new icon on the desktop you click your right mouse button on an
empty
> area on your desktop and a menu will popup and from there go to "new" on
that
> menu and chose what type of icon you want to add to your desktop. One of
these
> choices is application. Once you click one of the menu choices, a window
will
> come up in which you can name your icon (edit the name to the left of the
> .kdelnk). Once you ok that , you will be presented with a window to set
the
> properties for your icon.
>
> On Mon, 07 Feb 2000, glyn wrote:
> > Hi - to questions, having finally got Mandrake 7.0 up and running
> > (beautifully!)
> >
> > 1. Setting up Kppp - I've followed the instructions carefully but each
> > time I try to dial up with Kppp I get a "pppd died suddenly" message.
> > The log says
> > "localhost pppd[1821]: the remote host is required to authenticate
> > itself but I couldn't find a secret (password)which would let it use an
> > IP address"
> >
> > Can anyone suggest a cure?
> >
> > 2. How do I putna new icon on the desktop - not replace a current model
> > but a new icon for a new programme. Can't find this in the docs -
> > maybe it's too obvious?
> >
> > Thanks in anticipation
> >
> > Glyn M.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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