On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Andy Thomas wrote: andyth >Now, is there a ppp configuration utility under x in Debian? I can't find andyth >anything other than pppconfig and with that can't figure out how to get andyth >back to the dns configuration screen for any connection when using that.
I've found its best to run your own DNS and point /etc/resolv.conf to go to it. I discovered recently it sped up the start of netscape by quite a bit, it seems after netscape loads it trys(endlessly) to connect to the DNS you specify in resolv.conf and if it has trouble it just hangs, i had it hanging for 10 minutes before i ran a strace on it and changed my resolv.conf config and now it starts up in a snap. you can also edit the PPP config in /etc/chatscripts and /etc/ppp there are several X based dialers including xisp, kppp among others, not sure if they are part of slink although i think xisp is. kppp would be part of KDE. its best to have a console ppp script that can be called from outside X incase X breaks and you need net access. its also handy to have the bootup scripts dial the net when its booting so by the time you login to XDM/KDM/GDM/whatever your already logged on. nate ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 7:13am up 109 days, 18:56, 2 users, load average: 1.56, 1.62, 1.76
