>> "DD" == Dennis Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DD> I'm guessing that the first time I installed Debian I accidentally did DD> something to ppp.chatscript to make it wait for the ISP to request the DD> username, but this time the username needed to be in the ppp.options_out DD> script also since by the time the ISP requested <username> chatscript was DD> already closed.
DD> This is merely a wild guess. But since nowhere in the instructions does it DD> say to add your <username> to ppp.options_out I thought it was worth mentioning. The two common ways to log into your isp are pap/chap authentication and terminal login. pon is preconfigured for terminal login. From the errormessages you got I believe your isp doesn't support terminal login but only pap. In this case one has to substitute the username und password lines in the chapscript with a connect line and add "user xyz" to the pppd options. It looks strange to me that it worked for you without removig the lines from the chatscript. I don't have the pppd package installed, so I can't tel you if this is described in the docs. Should be in /usr/doc/pppd/debian*. It is described in the faq-o-matic at http://www.debian.org/fom/20.html DD> 1) In the error message above, does "peer" refer to my ISP, not my Debian DD> machine? It appears that way to me, but I'm not sure. Me either, because for pppd, both sides are peers. You could add "debug" to the pppd options and look in /var/log/ppp.log for a line like TermReq. Then you will see, if it was sent or received. DD> 2) "pon" (and also 'exec pppd') only works when logged on as root. Is it DD> supposed to be that way? Shouldn't you be able to access the Internet when DD> logged in as a 'user'? If so, how do I change this? This is a feature. Add a user to the dialout group, and he will be able to use pppd. adduser theuser dialout DD> 3) In 'dselect' how do you safely remove packages without destroying all DD> your previously installed files. I think this is why I had to reinstall DD> Debian in the first place. I went to 'deselect' and then 'remove packages' DD> and it started deleting like crazy. What is the proper procedure? DD> (e.g. go DD> to the 'select' option and put a '+' near only those to delete and '-' DD> everything else?) You go to the select option and mark every package you want to install with + and every package you want to uninstall with - (remove, but leave the configfiles) or _ (also remove config files). Then you coose install / remove to perform the actual action. Maybe you pressed - on a "chapter" like "installed packages" ? Or you pressed - for a important package and agreed to remove all dependant packages on the conflict resolution screen. [ other questions answered by someone else ] Ciao, Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
