I have been using RedHat 7.2 in the KDE Desktop and the KPPP Internet Connection Utility without any problems at all using the Default settings for the KPPP progie.
I have acquired Mandrake 8.0 and subsequently Mandrake 9.0 and RdHat 8.0 but cannot get a connection going with my I.S.P. (AAPT/Smartchat) using the same setup as for the R-H 7.2 Running KPPP in these releases and in each instance finds the Modem, Dials the correct number, obtains a handshake and displays "CONNECT 56000" on the Debug Window. At this time, the Status window at the bottom of the Debug Window displays "Starting pppd." This is as far as the connection gets. The line is clearly open and held by the I.S.P. Terminal but no dialogue takes place. I have checked (and re-checked) the KPPP settings, had a look at the "pap.secrets" in /etc/ppp but all to no avail. The one setting which might have some bearing on the problem is under KPPP etc. "SCRIPT" In the R-H 7.2 setup which I have used for yonks, there is no script used, BUT perhaps un-beknown to me, PERHAPS the latest R-H/Mandrake releases may require it. I would have tried this myself except that a Script MUST be precise, and frankly I have not been able to deduce this myself, and apparently nobody else I know of has any better propositions. I have tried using EZ-NET and WVDIAL also but in both instances make the same progression as in KPPP/pppd with the same result. Needless to say, AAPT/Smartchat respond to any approach for assistance with the usual hostility toward those benighted souls who persist in the heresy of Linux! Will you pleae be so kind as to forward my E-Mail to whosoever might be willing to enlighten me. Thank you, kind regards, Len Bird
