I believe you need to install pppconfig from the Progeny Install disc.
In a terminal type:
apt-get pppconfig
do this with the progeny Install disc in your cdrom drive.
I think that will install the pppconfig program and you can then type:
pppconfig
and re-enter your info.
Hope this helps
Len
On Monday 02 July 2001 16:29, Jerome Mrozak wrote:
> This is the first I've heard of 'dpkg-reconfigure pppconf', but I
> decided to check it out. From my experience, it is a poor substitute
> for 'pppconfig'.
>
> 'pppconf' asked me if it could check for a modem. If I refused, it
> exited. So I let it. It then asked me minimal stuff, like
> username/password and access number. It then looked for the modem,
> failed to find it (I could have told it I had a WinModem, but it didn't
> care about my opinions on that) and emitted some error message.
>
> Now 'pppconfig', it lets me have multiple accounts, lets me select the
> modem device, asks about DNS information (static, dynamic, etc.) and
> other things I forget. And it is useful through 'pppconfig', not
> through an *obscure* helper. Obscure? Sure. Tell me a tutorial that
> mentions it. Not the O'Reilly book. I don't think the Progeny manual
> does, either.
>
> So, emboldened by the information given me I discover
> 'gnome-dpkg-reconfigure'. Calling that up, I get a selector for various
> scripts. That is OK, except that 'pppconf' isn't one of them.
>
> So, I'm sticking with pppconfig, *wherever* I can get it from.
>
> Jerome.
>
> Bruce Byfield wrote:
> > Jerome Mrozak wrote:
> > > Specifically, pppconf seems to be incomplete. I try to run 'pppconf'
> > > as root and there is no executable. 'locate pppc' finds only manuals.
> > > 'capt' finds pppconf and says I already have the most recent version.
> > > I can't apt-get pppconf or pppconfig.
> > >
> > > Now, I got pppconfig from a Stormix disk I had, so I can get on line
> > > that way, at least. So why can't i pppconf or pppconfig from Progeny
> > > proper?
> >
> > You are using "dpkg-reconfigure pppconf", aren't you?
> >
> > --
> > Bruce Byfield 604.421.7177 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
