Martin, do you have a Ethernet adsl modem/router? had to experiment with my connection, even though my ISP told windows users they have to use PPPOE, I found in my case this was not true. I had to install DHCPCD activate the Ethernet port then connect to my modem then connect to the ISP. Also this depends on the type of account you have. ie: dynamic IP address.
Hope I have helped > Merry Xmas all... > > I'm stuck trying to get ADSL working under Debian 3.0. pppoe conf runs and > seems very happy. It tells me it's found an access concentrator, and all is > well, but when it goes to start the link I get the error message: > > ppp0: error fetching interface information: Device not found > > This seems bizzarre... how can it find an access concentrator if it can't > find the device??? > > I'm pretty stumped... /var/log/messages says: > > Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppd[189]: Serial connection established. > Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppd[189]: Using interface ppp0 > Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppd[189]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0 > Dec 24 08:12:40 denial pppd[189]: Modem hangup > Dec 24 08:12:40 denial pppd[189]: Connection terminated. > > over and over. /var/log/daemon says: > > Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppoe[286]: PADS: Service-Name: '' > Dec 24 08:12:39 denial pppoe[286]: PPP session is 3133 > Dec 24 08:12:40 denial pppoe[286]: Session terminated -- received PADT from > peer > > over and over, until the point when I hit ctrl-c, when it says > > Dec 24 08:14:31 denial modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0 > > Anyone have any ideas what might be wrong or how I might approach fixing it? > > I like Debian, but it seems like the initial installation and setup process, > always its weakest point, has gotten even worse? It cluttered my system with > stuff I never asked for (ISDN, etc), and so far lilo, X and ADSL have all > failed to work. I'd switch distros if I could give up on apt. > > cheers and thanks in advance, > > Martin > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
