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Re: kppp

#473
From: Greg Crutcher
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 00:00
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Corel's kppp is broken. To fix it (as root) at command prompt type:
"mv /etc/ppp/options  /etc/ppp/options.old <enter>(renames file)
"touch /etc/ppp/options" <enter>(creates new file)
don't type quotemarks

It works as long as everything else is setup correctly

Good Luck!!



blariz wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the tip, I will go to KDE.org and check for the FAQ's.  I
> hope it works for me too!
> blariz
> 
> In article <387D7449.BF5772C1@infantry.com>,
>   "jorge o. castro" <castro@infantry.com> wrote:
> > blariz wrote:
> > >
> > > There are a lot of people complaining about kppp lately (including
> > > me).  It was working fine for me in my COL2.3 distro with the KDE
> and
> > > kppp that shipped.  Now I am playing with Peanut Linux (kernel
> 2.2.14,
> > > KDE1.1.2) and the exact same thing is happening mostly as user (not
> > > root).  As soon as I connect,  I immediately get disconnected with
> the
> > > error that "Sorry, the pppd daemon has died unexpectedly".  I
> wonder if
> > > KDE.org is aware of this and addressing the issue??   I have
> downloaded
> > > a dialer from freshmeat.net called XISP that looks like it could be
> > > promising.  I haven't installed and tried it yet.  Hopefully this
> will
> > > get sorted out soon.
> > > blariz
> >
> > did you try "chmod u+s pppd" and/or "chmod u+s kppp" ??? It's in the
> KDE
> > ppp faq .. I had that problem with the disconnect, did that, now it
> > works fine!!
> >
> 
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From: Greg Crutcher <madcrutch@earthlink.net>
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Date: 2000/01/14
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