1) "I'm not supposed to send mail directly to this address" I think you are supposed to send mail like then one you sent directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2) Many users are using dynamic IP allocation. 3) Have you installed the PPP package ? 4) Here are some relevant lines from my /var/log/messages:
Mar 10 13:33:07 rakefet kernel: PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation) Mar 10 13:33:07 rakefet kernel: PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright 1995 Caldera, Inc. Mar 10 13:33:07 rakefet kernel: PPP line discipline registered. Mar 10 13:33:07 rakefet kernel: registered device ppp0 Mar 10 13:33:07 rakefet pppd[183]: pppd 2.2.0 started by shaul, uid 1000 Mar 10 13:33:08 rakefet chat[188]: abort on (BUSY) Mar 10 13:33:08 rakefet chat[188]: abort on (NO CARRIER) Mar 10 13:33:08 rakefet chat[188]: abort on (VOICE) Mar 10 13:33:08 rakefet chat[188]: abort on (NO DIALTONE) Mar 10 13:33:08 rakefet chat[188]: send (AT&FE0V1&C1&D2S95=47S0=0^M) Mar 10 13:33:09 rakefet chat[188]: expect (OK) Mar 10 13:33:09 rakefet chat[188]: ^M Mar 10 13:33:09 rakefet chat[188]: OK -- got it Mar 10 13:33:09 rakefet chat[188]: send (ATDT5755855^M) Mar 10 13:33:09 rakefet chat[188]: expect (sername:) What your log file say ? > > This is my first post, and I hope I can be forgiven if I'm not supposed to > send mail directly to this address (and also if it's too long) -- but I > couldn't find anything that said otherwise on the Debian site. I'm also > well aware of the documentation already on the Debian site regarding PPP, > which I've followed extensively. I'm still having problems, and this is my > last resort before running to Red Hat :) > > First of all, I was very impressed with the install process (once I figured > out what I was doing). Yes, dselect needs a great deal of work (searching > would be nice if it ain't there already), but it certainly did it's job. I > had a good version of Perl just sitting there waiting for me. Overall, I'm > real pleased with Debian -- except for two rather major problems, the first > of which I'll address in this message: > > I can't get on the Internet at all. I have to skip through all the > Internet settings in the install, because I get a dynamically-assigned IP > address from my provider (MindSpring) each time I dial in, which means I > need to configure PPP. When I first installed, I couldn't get anything out > of my modem at all. I then saw the "How do I set up my PPP connection?" > post on the FAQOMATIC and followed it's instructions, and suddenly Linux > was talking to my modem and dialing my provider! Oh happy day! > > However, I can't hold a connection. That is, the modem dials the right > number, the modem at my provider answers, they do whatever modems do with > one another in the privacy of their own bedrooms, and then I get summarily > dropped. On Windows (sorry to bring up that OS), the same type of thing > happens when there's no TCP/IP dial-up adapter installed. Could this be a > similar problem? > > I also got one page of documentation from my provider (which is all the > support for Linux they provide, of course), which told me to edit six files > (hosts, host.conf, resolv.conf, hosts.deny, hosts.allow, and > ppp/pap-secrets). Having done all of the above, I'm getting no > connectivity whatsoever, which is darn frustrating. > > Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > John > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
