On Wednesday 10 April 2002 00:03, F. McKenna wrote: > Hi All, > > I am having trouble with getting onto the internet with my dial up modem. > I can sometimes gain access if I log in as root. I can also someitmes send > email using kmail. > > I have added the three users to PPP and POP accounts but unfortunately to > no avail. > > I have attempted to email to the list about this problem from My Mandrake > 8.0 box but it has not shown up. > > My computer is an AMD K6 450 with 256 MB RAM > > I wish that I could provide more info. > > Also, does anyone know how to set the HTML proerties in Kmail so I can > download hotmail messages > > TIA > > Frank McKenna
Frank, assuming you run KDE, what kind of errors does kppp report ? For example, frequent reports are "modem busy" , "the ppp daemon died unexpectedly" and some such. Of course, those messages are generally useless, because they are self-evident (to say the least) and don't explain anything to a non-geek, but - on the other hand - they give a clue. Can you post from other mailers, i.e. Netscape Messenger, Sylpheed ? Can you dial-up from Gnome ? Please send a bit more information, I'm pretty sure others here can help a lot more. And, have you tried the ppp-Howto ? Finally, there's an excellent, human-readable guide on http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/index.html#dn HTH Kaj Haulrich Denmark
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