Sorry John I some how sent this 1st message toy ou instead of to the list. I only realized it when the post didn't appear. My apologies. Quoting John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > J Y writes: > > Thanks for the help and if anyone has any ideas I still will give it a > > shot. I'm out of ideas. > > Run pppconfig as root to configure ppp. Use pon to start the connection > and poff to stop it. If you require a GUI install gpppon. > -- I ran pppconfig in root account, there didn't seem to be a password in the configuration I edited so I was hopeful. I entered the password I use to login with my isp; saved the configuration and exited. (Everything else in the highstream.net configuration was/is correct) I typed pon highstream.net at a terminal/shell. The modem dialed; there was no terminal output. I tried to use mozilla and just got that the location couldn't be found. When I typed poff at the terminal the terminal output was: "no pppd is running none stopped" Quoting J Y <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I tried some other things like 1) uncommenting the auth line in > /etc/ppp/options> I tried to apt-get install ppp and the response was > the current version is the most recent. I ran linuxconf and made sure I > was in the ppp group-I am. I also uncommented debug in /etc/ppp/ttyS4 > options. That's my modem. When I ran kppp this time, as a regular user > the message from kppp was: "timeout expired while waiting for the PPP > interface to come up". The detail box provided: > > Oct 1 17:15:16 deblnx pppd[1049]: pppd 2.4.1 started by john, uid 1000 > Oct 1 17:15:46 deblnx pppd[1049]: Terminating on signal 15. > Oct 1 17:15:46 deblnx pppd[1049]: Connect script failed > Oct 1 17:15:46 deblnx pppd[1049]: Exit. > > Quoting John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > J Y writes: > > > Thanks for the help and if anyone has any ideas I still will give it a > > > shot. I'm out of ideas. > > > > Run pppconfig as root to configure ppp. Use pon to start the connection > > and poff to stop it. If you require a GUI install gpppon. > > -- > > John Hasler > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) > > Dancing Horse Hill > > Elmwood, WI > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ***Protect your PC from local E-Mail Application security holes*** > ***Maintain your Privacy - MS Passport Free*** > ***Anti SPAM "Whitelist" feature*** > > http://www.x-mail.net Web Based E-Mail, accessible anywhere > > Voice Messages, Voice Calls (VoIP), Video Conferencing, Live Chat, > X-Mail Messenger, Personal Web Hosting, 128 bit SSL Secure, > Calendar, Bookmarks, Forwarding, Virtual Mail Map Aliasing > > X-Mail Premium: 20MB Messages, 100MB Storage, SMTP, POP3, Ad Free > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Anonymous Web Surfing http://www.snoopblocker.com > Search http://www.teradex.com > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***Protect your PC from local E-Mail Application security holes*** ***Maintain your Privacy - MS Passport Free*** ***Anti SPAM "Whitelist" feature*** http://www.x-mail.net Web Based E-Mail, accessible anywhere Voice Messages, Voice Calls (VoIP), Video Conferencing, Live Chat, X-Mail Messenger, Personal Web Hosting, 128 bit SSL Secure, Calendar, Bookmarks, Forwarding, Virtual Mail Map Aliasing X-Mail Premium: 20MB Messages, 100MB Storage, SMTP, POP3, Ad Free ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anonymous Web Surfing http://www.snoopblocker.com Search http://www.teradex.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
