I'm now in a period of trying Gnome instead of KDE (bored so quickly!). Unfortunately, I can't get Gppp to work. It appears to be pointing to the correct device, has the correct phone #, correct IP& DNS settings etc. But it doesn't really get to that stage.
I set up an account and it merely says "The ppp daemon died unexpectedly", which to a newbie like myself leaves bugger all clues except maybe that Gppp is somehow incorrectly interfaced with pppd ???
It feels like I've lost all my troubleshooting skills. Is there a log file that I'm missing somewhere, that could give me some clues? (and maybe I could then give more info to those who're helping me)
Kppp works, but it's time to give Gnome a go methinks. It seems a little smoother performance-wise.
Ricardo,
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On Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:11:21 Ricardo Campos wrote:
I set up an account and it merely says "The ppp daemon died unexpectedly", which to a newbie like myself leaves bugger all clues except maybe that Gppp is somehow incorrectly interfaced with pppd ???
It feels like I've lost all my troubleshooting skills. Is there a log file that I'm missing somewhere, that could give me some clues? (and maybe I could then give more info to those who're helping me)
I think the log file you are looking for is the standard system log as written by syslog and friends. On debian this is at /var/log/syslog but maybe elsewhere in other distributions (but should always be under /var somewhere and you can consult /etc/syslog.conf to find where).
pppd normally only logs errors to the system log but if you enabled debug (either on the command line that calls pppd or by editing the /etc/ppp/options file) then it will log the whole progress of trying to establush a session - LCP, parameter negotiation, authentication etc.
Hope this helps. Steve.
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Ricardo Campos -
Steve Fosdick