From: richard lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ppp setup problem Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 06:04:15 -0400
On Tuesday 18 May 2004 05:25, Ogya Chief wrote: > Dear All: > > Whilst trying to set up ppp, I ended up with a system that does not > connect to the net. Whatever option I use to connect, I get a > message that says: > > /usr/sbin/pppd: unknown host: (none) > > Has anybody ever come across this? What do I have to do to fix > this? If I have to setup networking again, what should be done? > > Thanks in advance for any clues.
Someone is going to need a lot more information to help you. Read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html.
and, in particular, describe:
- the environment (machine, modem, debian version etc.).
- how you tried to set it up.
- the research you have already done.
- in detail the diagnostic steps you have tried.
For example, list the contents of /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hosts...
-- richard
Hello Richard,
Here is the information requested for:
The pc in question is a p3 machine running Debian testing and Mandrake 10. The Mandrake system's ppp works flawlessly.
On the Debian system, soon after the installation, I tried to use wvdial to configure ppp but my modem (an external one) would not dial out. It failed with the message "NO DIALTONE". I also tried with pppconfig and I got the same message. Again, I tried with minicom and the result was the same.Here are the contents of some of the configuration files that are of interest here:
/etc/resolv.conf ================ search myisp domain myisp.com nameserver <primary dns ip> nameserver <secondary dns ip>
/etc/hosts ========== 127.0.0.1 localhost
/etc/host.conf ============== order hosts, bind multi, on
/etc/hosts.allow ================ leafnode:127.0.0.1
/etc/hosts.allow ================ leafnode:ALL
When wvdial and diald failed to dial out, I decided to remove them. I started getting the error message "/usr/sbin/pppd: unknown host: (none)"
I also tried to remove all the installed packages under communication and networking that I had installed and reinstalled them but the problem would not go away. Typing pppd alone on the command line spits out the "garbage" as expected. The only error message that shows up in the /var/log/ppp.log file is the above error message and nothing else.
I hope this has shed more light on the problem.
Thanks
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