On Wed, 31 May 2000 18:29:24 +0100, you wrote:
>I have exactly the same problem. If I access the Internet using KPPP , I
>subsequently cannot activate any programme on my desktop or elswhere. I cannot
>even activate my browser (Netscape 4.73). In order to use the browser, I have to
>activate it before I activate KPPP.
I just had this problem and fixed it buy un-ticking an option in kppp
setup.
I had kppp configured with the correct DNS addresses for the
nameservers of the ISP's I use.
Every time I established a connection via kppp none of the "internet
aware" desktop applications would work. Netscape, the KDE file manger
or kmail etc.
It turns out there is a tick box on the kppp setup screen that is to
do with hostnames, down the bottom left of one of the screens. Can't
remember what it is called exactly as I am at work on Windows at the
moment.
Anyway if it is set, try un-ticking the box. With it ticked I think
your pc assumes the name of the ISP (or something like that) which
means it is talking to itself and does not work.
HTH
Dave
