hi Ron
you should place # sign in front of line 37 where it says
auth,then it should work.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 4:15 PM
Subject: [SLU] Kppp problems
> Okay, before you tell me to RTFM, I want to say that I read the kppp FAQ.
I did
> what it suggested but still have the problem. To wit:
>
> I just loaded Storm Linux 2000 (Hail 2.06) onto my PC. I've tried Stormix
> several times in the past (I have four of the previous CD's) and this was
the
> first time I could get it to work (after having tried it on four different
> PC's). This time, however, things went pretty much without a hitch.
>
> Except for kppp. I get the infamous "Timeout expired while waiting for
the PPP
> interface to come up." The feedback from the connection went like this:
>
> ATZ
> OK
> ATM0L0
> OK
> ATDT7136259909
> CONNECT 50666/ARQ/V90/LAPM/V42BIS
>
> .. and then I get the error. It sounds like it is trying to connect
normally
> and, just about the time you think it is going to establish the
connection, it
> cuts off and presents the error message.
>
> The kppp FAQ suggests:
>
> 1. Make sure pppd is not a script. (I checked. It's not. It's in
> /usr/sbin/pppd and is a binary executable, not a script).
>
> 2. chmod u+s pppd as root. (I know you should avoid setuid but I did it
> anyway.)
>
> 3. Be sure there are no conflicts in the options file. (My
/etc/ppp/options
> file is attached for your review. I didn't find any conflicts but maybe
you
> might.)
>
> 4. Use the "real" device. (/dev/modem seemed to work, but I switched it
to
> /dev/ttyS1 anyway).
>
> 5. Be sure the permissions are correct. (I was running as root.)
>
> 6. Early launching? (No, my ISP has been up and running for years.)
>
>
> Incidentally, I couldn't tail /var/log/messages because the file didn't
exist.
>
> The Stormix FAQ suggested
>
> apt-get update kppp
>
> This seems like a catch 22 because you can't apt-get until you get kppp
working.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get my box on the Internet so
that I
> can apt-get update the system?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Ron
> ./.
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