I've updated my kernel to version 2.2.10, and well, it seems that since then, diald has refused to operate.
Here's a copy of the system logs which contain the information that I can see which refers to the problem :- ----------- From the System Logs ----------- Jul 15 09:06:42 midnight kernel: SLIP linefill/keepalive option. Jul 15 09:06:43 midnight diald[224]: Cannot send dump request: Connection refused Jul 15 09:06:43 midnight kernel: diald uses obsolete (PF_INET,SOCK_PACKET) Jul 15 09:06:43 midnight diald[224]: Cannot send dump request: Connection refused Jul 15 09:06:43 midnight diald[224]: Cannot send dump request: Connection refused ----------- End of System Logs ------------- I made some changes to the kernel configuration when I upgraded (I no longer needed IP Maquerading, so I removed the stuff that enables that). Anyone have any idea what I need to turn on to get diald to operate properly again? I've read all the documentation that I can think of which might be appropriate, and none of it refers to any kernel options (ie. the diald man pages, the diald documentation, and well, the general ISP-connection HOWTO). If I've missed reading any documentation that contains what I need to have set, then a referance to it would be appreciated. BTW - Please reply to me directly, my ISP got annoyed at me for receiving all the mailing list messages, so I've unsubscribed from the list :-) Regards, Peter Ludwig