Hello Debian users! I usually just lurk and learn that way but I have a few quick questions that I would appreciate a little info on.
1.) I somehow managed to delete my /var/log/news directory and was getting boot errors. I apparently fixed it by recreating the directory as root but that made the /news subdir owned by root:root. Is this correct or should it be owned by root:news? 2.) I noticed in my /var/log/syslog that when connecting to my ISP I got the message "modprobe: can't locate module char-major-10". I checked the archives and dejanews and found some discussion but all I could garner was to alias it to off in /etc/conf.modules. I did it and the message went away but I don't really understand what I did. 3.) I think when I recompiled my kernel for sound I somehow lost what used to be called "slhc" or slip header compression - I use PPP so I don't know if I need it but... 4.) What does "Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP" mean? I checked the archives/dejanews and determined that I prolly don't need it so I turned it off in /etc/ppp/peers/provider but I'd still like to know what it's for. 5.) (Last one I swear!) I noticed in my ppp.log that my ISP may be trying chap first before pap - I'll post the relevant parts of the log if necessary but here's what looks important: ...pppd[174]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq...<auth chap 05>... ...pppd[174]: sent [LCP ConfRej... ...pppd[174]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq...<auth chap 05>... ...pppd[174]: send [LCP ConfNak...<auth pap> ...pppd[174]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq...<auth pap> Then it does some more stuff. Should I change my config to chap? TIA, G.S. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
