Chadley Wilson wrote: > hi > my name is chadley wilson i head up the technical department of WIL-SUN > PC SYSTEMS > our company objectives are to bring technology to rural schools and > businesses in south africa. > our mission at present is to get linux up and running. > > so i present the first of my difficulties > MY OS Mandrake 7.2 > > 1) when i setup my system with its network card and the installation is > complete. i can ping and telnet all the other computers on our network. > only my Kppp connection does not work, first i get ppp daemon died > unexpectantly and the other is that the browser hangs, and i have tried > lynx ;netscape; and kde browser. none seem to > work. > if i go to linux conf and change my ip address to 127.0.0.1 (loop > back) then my internet works but no network > now i am using genius pci eth0 cards and external modems and i don't > > want to route through a windows box for my internet connection. i want > to be able to dial out only when i need to and run > my network at the same time. > 2) i have an AWE64 isa (a) sound card by creative and this is what > mdk7.2 has to say about that "/lib/modules/2.2.14-15mdk/misc/sb.o: > init_module: Device or resource busy > > sound:Device or resource busy" > so i have done some poking around and found in LOTHAR that there are > > four unknown devices made by acer there, i don't know what they are or > how to get rid of them but i am sure that > they are the reason the sound card wont work. > here's details > it says : > other devices: > Acer Laboratories inc. M1541 > Acer Laboratories inc. M5243 > Acer Laboratories inc. M5237 > Acer Laboratories inc. M1533 > Acer Laboratories inc. M5229 > > the very bad news i don't have anything from acer not even on the > network and i have checked all the pcs the only thing that might be > suspect is my LG. cd writer. only everything worked fine > with mandrake 6.5 > > 3)lastly when i am online using kppp my terminal refuses to open > i think i might need to recompile my kernel but i dont know what i > am doing and so have not done it any suggestions pse > > thanks in advance > all help is greatly appreciated > chadley wilson > technical manager WIL-SUN PC SYSTEMS > tel(012)333-2276 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I had the same problem, you need to make sure under 'setup' for kppp that you check the box that says 'disable existing dns servers during connection'. You can follow this link to my ISP: http://help.jps.net/unsupported/mandrake/index.html and it will give very straight forward instructions for kppp setup (even has pictures!) Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
