I made a little headway here, I got kppp to go through (as root) but it died quickly. I'll look for some info on CHAP, I guess, eh?
(I'm embarrassed to say that I had misidentified the serial port, I had it as /dev/ttys0 . . . oops! But there must be at least another problem!) May 29 00:41:06 probe pppd[373]: pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0 May 29 00:41:06 probe pppd[373]: Using interface ppp0 May 29 00:41:06 probe pppd[373]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1 May 29 00:41:10 probe pppd[373]: No CHAP secret found for authenticating HiPer May 29 00:41:11 probe pppd[373]: Hangup (SIGHUP) May 29 00:41:11 probe pppd[373]: Modem hangup May 29 00:41:11 probe pppd[373]: Connection terminated. May 29 00:41:12 probe pppd[373]: Exit. --Chris Chris Joyner wrote: > > Dear friends, > > I have tinkered and tinkered but still can't make kppp work from KDE to > dial my modem. I can use wvdial from a console (but only as root! BTW, how > do I get to use wvdial as another user?) and it connects immediately. > > Any suggestionsas to getting kppp to do its thing? I'm using slink. > > Thanks, Chris Joyner > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
