****EXTREME NEWBIE ALERT****
*sigh*
Running RH 5.1 and everything was fine.. on a whim I decided to upgrade
to 6.0. After making a few changes with fdisk I got 6.0 installed and
running with gnome/enlightenment. I used the modem cofig tool to point out
my modem and then used netcfg tool to set up ppp. This is where my problem
started...under names I put in the hostname and the name of my isp,
namesevers I put the isp addy, in the interfaces box I added ppp and input
ph#, login and pass. I checked flow control, abort on well known errors,
left line speed @ 115200, set defaultroute, restart on failed connection
and mru of 1500. After saving this I tried to test the connection but it
seems that the deck wasnt stacked in my favor. I hear the modem open the
line, but it doesnt dial (this modem worked an hour ago under win95 and RH
5.1) and seems to lock up for a bit. Also, and this problem frustrates me a
little more, one or more of the changes I made to netcfg seem to have
locked me out of gnome. None of my panel buttons work and from xterm (which
I had access to until I closed it) gives me errors from the netcfg file
starting at line 24. I am guessing that I messed up something when I put in
host and domain names, but that is a real uneducated guess (it just seems
like I've lost permission for everything). One other tidbit of info.. I was
in as root making changes. I was under the impression that I had to be to
setup ppp. The above steps are from memory/notes, if you need more info I
can try to recreate the errors and mail to the list. What I am hoping for
is that someone will see my error in the limited info above and tell me how
to correct it or, if that is impossible I would like to know how to re-set
the netcfg back to default values. Oh, re-installing in part, or in whole
is an option I just dont want to do that until I check for other ways...
can ya blame me ?
Thanks in advance,
T. Sprowl
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