On Sun, 10 Sep 2000 22:20:45 -0400, you wrote:
>Roger:
>I checked my settings and Earthlink's site:
>1. The correct username format is ELN/username.
>2. The primary DNS address is 207.217.126.81. The two that you show are
>the secondary DNS addresses.
OK, that would prolly help, eh? :-)
>3. You didn't mention it, so I have to ask: Some OS's want you to hit
>TAB between the username and password (Windows comes to mind -- about
>8:03 every morning). Linux wants an ENTER after each entry.
That I did not know! I was using the TAB key. OK, done.
>Oh, if you
>use numbers in your password, be sure that NumLock is active.
>4. Both the username and password are case-sensitive -- including the
>"ELN/" part.
>If these don't work, I guess the next thing is to verify that the modem
>stuff is correct. The one that I always mess up is the port setting.
>HTH --
>-- Carroll Grigsby
Well, I tried what you said, and Bob is now my uncle! Thanks!
>
>Roger Sherman wrote:
>>
>> Hi! This is my second go-round with Linux; the first was very brief
>> (couldn't get my cheesy 810 vid card configured. Thank god for 7.1!),
>> so I didn't stick around long enough to actually learn anything,
>> unfortunately. But, now its all installed, the vid card is working, my
>> modem is dialing, everything is good.
>>
>> With one exception. Can't log on to Earthlink.
>>
>> Now, I was able to call Earthlink customer support when I installed
>> 7.0, and they talked me right through it (this was about 6 months
>> ago). But they've stopped offering cust support for linux, due to the
>> many versions, so all I could get out of them this time was how to
>> fill in the fields in KPPP, which went like this:
>>
>> Connection name: Earthlink
>>
>> Phone number: 4632172
>>
>> Authentication: PAP
>>
>> IP Setup: Dynamic IP Address
>>
>> DNS Servers:
>>
>> Domain name: earthlink.net
>>
>> DNS Address list:
>>
>> 207.217.120.83
>> 207.217.77.82
>>
>> User name : ELN\mastermindsltd (I tried this with both \ and /)
>> password ******
>>
>> So, I type this in, and then hit connect, and when I used the username
>> ELN\mastermindsltd, it would dial out, make the usual modem squeals,
>> then silence for about a minute, and then it said:
>>
>> error: the pppd daemon died unexpectedly!
>>
>> I hit the details button, and it said:
>>
>> Sep 10 19:50:38 localhost pppd[589]: pppd 2.3.11 started by rog, uid
>> 501
>>
>> Sep 10 19:50:38 localhost pppd[589]: Using interface ppp0
>> Sep 10 19:50:38 localhost pppd[589]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
>> Sep 10 19:50:59 localhost pppd[589]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
>> Sep 10 19:50:59 localhost pppd[589]: Modem hangup
>> Sep 10 19:50:59 localhost pppd[589]: Connection terminated.
>> Sep 10 19:50:59 localhost pppd[589]: Exit.
>>
>> And it told me it had no idea why in the possible reasons field.
>> Anywho, Earthlink, when presented with this problem, told me "Well,
>> you know, people who use Linux usually know how to fix stuff like this
>> themselves." Right. LOL...Oh hey, since Im using linux, I know how to
>> do it myself. Why did I bother sitting on hold for 45 minutes at two
>> in the morning, eh?
>>
>> BTW, my PC is a Compaq, with a 500 mhz Celeron, 64 meg RAM, 17 gig HD.
>> Can anyone help? If more info is needed, let me know what you need and
>> itll be provided.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> peace,
>>
>> Rog
>> http://www.slammingrooves.com
>
peace,
Rog
http://www.slammingrooves.com
