[newbie] Internet Connection

[Art Bennett]

Trying to connect to the Internet I get the following error message: X The pppd deamon died unexpectedly PPP Log Besides the date and time and local host pppd 867, I get the following information pppd 2.3.11 Started by me, uid 503 using interface ppp0 connect ppp0 < - - > /dev/tty S1 Can’t open indirect secret file mtnbike (I think the problem may be here) Hang up (SIGHUP) Modem hangup Connection terminated Exit KPPP’s diagnosis Sorry, Can’t help you here. The line "Can’t open indirect secret file mtnbike has to do with my ISP password. The actual ISP password is @mtnbike. The log line reports it without the "@" I sure would like to go on line with my Linux Mandrake – hope that you can help. Linux Mandrake 7.1 Computer Home made AMD K-6 500 Thanks Art Bennett