On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 08:30:25AM +1000, Russell said > Hi, > when a users dials to isp, kppp returns 'unable to open modem' > however, success when root user can dial isp, with no errors or time outs. > the users are members of group 'dip' > the file permissions for pppd are set to suid > the gid for kppp and pppd are set as 'dip' > this is a debian box, with kde 3.1.4 and running kernel 2.4.18 > compiled for this box. > this occurs for existing and new users.
Don't you want people to be in the dialout group? crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 64 Aug 20 18:31 /dev/ttyS0 That's the serial port, and not being able to write to it would give you errors like "unable to open modem". > this started to occur after upgrading kde to 3.1.4 from original knoppix > install > (to run gnucash 1.8.7) > and kde has some problems, ie kde doesn't displaying some fonts, e.g. in > kde help konsole and sysV-init editor You mean these programs display no fonts at all, just boxes or blanks? Does this affect all KDE programs? Have you selected a fixed font that actually exists in the Konsole configurationg thingy? > , and and X display on monitor is > reduced vertically (vertically challenged?) Sure you haven't just shrunk the vertical height on your monitor itself? -- Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: Lon Horiuchi Fortezza LLNL Marxist explosion Ft. Knox
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