On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, John Sweeney wrote:

> The first time that I use kppp after starting my machine, it connects, ifconfig
> gives me a ppp0 device with the appropriate IP, kppp delays a long time in
> removing the window that says "Connecting to network" but then I can't connect
> to anywhere on the net. On all subsequent phone calls, it works perfectly. If,
> on the first attempt I do not use kppp, but the pppd directly, there is no
> problem. kppp version: 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 box: 586 with Redhat 5.2, kernel: 2.2.10
> (also happened with 2.2.7)

Are you referring to KDE 1.1.1 and KDE 1.1.2 ?

Try this:

a) switch the Line Termination from CR/LF to CR

b) change the speed of the serial port (Device tab)

Harri.