Re: ppp daemon dies Newbie #61

2001-12-21 Thread Jijo Jose A
hi > really wanted to use wvdial - not sure why, probably ease of configuration > and u can try with basic ppp dialing methods , ie dial using minicom,kermit.., and set the correct variable values to the modem and save it to the modem. (learn the embedded modem commands) ( u should read Modem-HO

Re: ppp daemon dies Newbie #61

2001-12-21 Thread dman
On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 09:53:18AM +0200, Ian Balchin wrote: | All, | | I have decided to do a complete reinstall in the light of the following | considerations. Sometimes it is good to do a reinstall when you are learning how the system works. Sometimes you can tweak (break) a config somewhere

ppp daemon dies Newbie #61

2001-12-21 Thread Ian Balchin
Ben, As user I made myself member of groups dialout and dip some time back and this is therefore not the problem. Anita, I have the password in the file /etc/ppp/chap-secrets but in fact wvdial connects with my username and password as in wvdial.conf The file is user - rw for sure and I am tr

Re: ppp daemon dies Newbie #61

2001-12-19 Thread John Hasler
Ian writes: > I also set up to try pon and poff. By running pppconfig, I assume? > pon also fails to connect What happens? Try it again and then post the contents of /etc/chatscripts/provider, /etc/ppp/peers/provider, and the result of running plog as root. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jo

Re: ppp daemon dies Newbie #61

2001-12-19 Thread ajlewis2
In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > Hi, > > Starting wvdial it dial in, commences ppp negotiation, and then the following > message comes up. Can anybody give me a solution or tell me where to look > as I can find nothing relevant. > > --> ppp negotiation detected > --> Warning: Could not modif

ppp daemon dies Newbie #61

2001-12-19 Thread Ian Balchin
Hi, Starting wvdial it dial in, commences ppp negotiation, and then the following message comes up. Can anybody give me a solution or tell me where to look as I can find nothing relevant. --> ppp negotiation detected --> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/pop-secrets : Permission denied --> PA