On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 22:31:19 +1300
skinky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 14 December 2001 12:31, David wrote:
> | my linux box had a sudden crash which suddenly shut down the computer,
> | when it booted back up i re booted kppp, to get back online.
> | however all the settings had gone and i had to re-enter them to get
> | back online.
> | once online i noticed the two graphical rx tx lights that show kppp is
> | running and is working failed to come up leaving me with now way to get
> | back offline other than switching the modem off.
> | I cant find an rpm called kppp.rpm so how do i reinstall kppp to get it
> | back as it should be ?
> | I later noticed that the original kppp config file is still there but
> | does not get loaded when kppp boots up??
> |
> | mandrake 8.1
> | kernel 2.4.13-6smp
> | freiserFS
>
>
> You can disconnect by typing in a terminal:
>
> $ kppp -k
>
> As far as the lights not appearing goes, I can't help you with that. I
> suppose you could try reinstalling the package that contains kppp,
> whatever package that is, don't know sorry.
[frans@amd frans]$ whereis kppp
kppp: /usr/bin/kppp
[frans@amd frans]$ rpm -qf /usr/bin/kppp
kdenetwork-2.2.1-2mdk
[frans@amd frans]$ Hope this helps.
> I see that rpmfind.net has
> kppp-2.1.1-1.i386.rpm - perhaps you could install that package???
>
> Hopefully someone with more know will help you out here.
>
> skinky
> --
> But what ... is it good for?
> (Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968,
> commenting on the microchip)
>
>
-Frans
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