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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: Unreliable Kppp
From:       Chris Howells <chrish () gmx ! co ! uk>
Date:       2001-05-06 12:24:29
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akar 'th 'orrible wrote:

> Which brings a though to mind. Using multiple dialler on current linux
> systems is not a good idea for the reason that they all use the same
> 'historic' config file for ppp. which is /etc/ppp/options. Now kppp
> does NOT use this file but if the file is NOT empty it will cause
> problems with ppp because ppp may get conflicting data.

OK cool. I've moved /etc/ppp/options out of the way, and it seems to be
dialing much more reliably now! :)

Thanks.

> And I wasn't being pedantic about kppp, I was trying to point out that

No worries.

> that options file. Also your connection for the modem should be
> directly to ttyS0 not a modem sysmlnk, so just check that although I
> think it is right.

It is a symlink, but seems to be working fine now anyway.

Cheers,
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Chris Howells 
E-Mail: chris.h@gmx.co.uk
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