1) I can't help you with the X problem.
2) About the ppp problem:
To begin with, read the help available in /usr/doc/ppp and try the pon command
as root. Report the result to the list (unless you can solve the problem
yourself from there).
Hope this help.
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: 30 Aug 98 20:15:20 EDT
> From: Scorpion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: linux-newbie@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Debian
>
> Hello,
>
> I just switched from Slackware to Debian. Before that I switched
> from Redhat to Slackware. Redhat is still my favorite, but my RH CD
> is scratched and won't install. So I am trying new things. I am
> using Debian 1.3.
>
> X won't work. I try to use the Config program, but when it says it is
> switching to Graphics mode, it exists with can't connect to server
> errors.
>
> PPP won't work. I am using the same PPP scripts that worked with
> both Re dHat and Slackware. With Debian, they start and wait a
> couple seconds, then t hey quit. They never do any dialing. I have
> the correct location of chat an d pppd (/usr/sbin/).
>
> Later
> Scorpion
> http://schoolblows.ml.org
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