After I finished reading the ISP-Hookup-HOWTO and making sure all my files were as the HOWTO instructed I did this from the bash command line:
exec pppd connect \ 'chat -v -f /etc/ppp/chatscript' \-detach crtscts modem defaultroute \ user (myusername) \ /dev/modem 38400 Then I got the following error message: pppd: option not recognized: -detach And I was automatically kicked out of bash back to the login prompt. I had been logged in as root. I looked at the pppd manual and infact it does not list a detach option. But this is how the HOWTO said to do it so I don't know where to go to get help. I have not been able to successfully connect to my ISP using Debian/GNU Linux. Any help would be appreciated. TIA M.Henry
