[SLUG] dialup for suse slick

2006-05-19 Thread Paul Maloney
Hi, Well I have gone brain dead once again. When i try to connect to the internet the error i get is that I don't have sufficient permission to run /usr/sbin/pppd then is says please make sure that Kppp is owned by root and has the SUID bit set. thanks in advance Paul -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

Re: [SLUG] dialup for suse slick

2006-05-19 Thread Howard Lowndes
Paul Maloney wrote: Hi, Well I have gone brain dead once again. When i try to connect to the internet the error i get is that I don't have sufficient permission to run /usr/sbin/pppd then is says please make sure that Kppp is owned by root and has the SUID bit set. Yep, that's about

[SLUG] Dialup.

2006-05-15 Thread Paul Maloney
Hi all, Just upgraded to SUSE 10.1 and have not been able to get connected to my isp. When I try I get the following error Error kppp. You don't have sufficient permission to run /usr/sbin/pppd. Please make sure that kppp is owned by root and has the SUID bit set Being a recent convert to

Re: [SLUG] Dialup.

2006-05-15 Thread Del
Unrelated comment except by subject. I have a number, 20 or so, Netcomm RM356 modem/routers. They have a dial-up modem in them, and 4 ethernet ports. They mostly work quite well, but they are dial up. They are free. If anyone wants one or more contact me off list. I also have some D-Link

Re: [SLUG] Dialup.

2006-05-15 Thread Michael Fox
On 5/15/06, Del [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unrelated comment except by subject. I have a number, 20 or so, Netcomm RM356 modem/routers. They have a dial-up modem in them, and 4 ethernet ports. They mostly work quite well, but they are dial up. I think you mean Netgear RM356, they weren't

Re: [SLUG] Dialup.

2006-05-15 Thread Del
Michael Fox wrote: On 5/15/06, Del [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unrelated comment except by subject. I have a number, 20 or so, Netcomm RM356 modem/routers. They have a dial-up modem in them, and 4 ethernet ports. They mostly work quite well, but they are dial up. I think you mean Netgear

Re: [SLUG] Dialup.

2006-05-15 Thread Simon Wong
On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 19:29 +1000, Paul Maloney wrote: Error kppp. You don't have sufficient permission to run /usr/sbin/pppd. Please make sure that kppp is owned by root and has the SUID bit set In Debian/Ubuntu you have to be a member of the dialout group. Perhaps there's a similar group for

[SLUG] dialup Win client/Woody

2004-10-25 Thread David
I'm trying to dial into my Woody server from a WinMe box, something I've never had the displeasure to do before. It works perfectly using PPP from all my Macintoshes. I get this in the authlog: mgetty[11769]: init chat failed, exiting...: Invalid argument mgetty[11769]: failed in mg_init_data

Re: [SLUG] dialup Win client/Woody

2004-10-25 Thread Dean Hamstead
check the settings in your windows me box, its probably trying to use ms-chap or something bizarre good rule of thumb is to turn everything off ;) depending on your macos version, likely its just the same ppp software as on your linux machine. Dean On Tue, October 26, 2004 10:56 am, David

Re: [SLUG] dialup problem

2003-10-24 Thread Simon Wong
On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 08:01, Mark A. Bell wrote: The problem is that occasionally, maybe every 5th or 6th time that I connect, wvdial runs perfectly and establishes a connection to my ISP (Bigpond), but my browser won't access any sites. Dillo tells me unable to resolve..., Firebird tells me

[SLUG] dialup problem

2003-10-23 Thread Mark A. Bell
Hello everyone, I have strange dialup internet problem. I run Debian unstable, I use wvdial, and my main browser is Firbird but I also use Dillo. I use a normal 56k external modem. I keep my computer running all the time and use wvdial to connect to the net when I need to. The problem is that

Re: [SLUG] dialup problem

2003-10-23 Thread Darren Williams
Hi Mark At this point I don't have a clear idea of the problem, I know the problem though. Next time it happens try to run /sbin/ifconfig also try ping www.gelato.unsw.edu.au then ping 129.94.173.27 if the first ping fails but the second succeeds then there is a problem with name