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List:       suse-linux-e
Subject:    Re: [SLE] Can't get PPP dial out to work
From:       Maury Merkin <merkin () his ! com>
Date:       2002-05-08 17:20:56
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Hi Jostein,

Okay.  I checked that and smpppd is started on boot.  (I just looked at 
top immediately after rebooting and it was running.)

I'll keep trying. 

Thanks anyway.

Maury

Jostein Berntsen wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> You can check if smpppd is started at boot with:
> 
> grep smpppd /var/log/boot.msg
> 
> If it is not, you can start it as root by running 'smpppd' and then try to 
> connect. To get it started at boot you can add it to runlevel 5 in Yast2.
> 
> This was the problem for me after install of SuSE 8.0, so I could not connect 
> with either kinternet or wvdial before running smpppd.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jostein
> 
> 
>> ===== Original Message From Maury Merkin <merkin@his.com> =====
>> I installed SuSE 8.0 this morning and have been unable to get PPP dial
>> out to connect with my ISP.  The same thing happens whether I use wvdial
>> or kppp.  The modem dials and there is a connection and I get a message
>> that pppd is started but there is no connection.  I can't ping my ISP
>> nor can I used my browsers or get or send e-mail.
>> 
>> I've never had this kind of problem with earlier versions of SuSE nor
>> with Debian, Red Hat or Slackware in the past.  Anyone else having a
>> problem?
>> 
>> Any suggestions on where to look would be appreciated.
>> 
>> 
>> 
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