On Monday 20 January 2003 02:26 pm, Kris K wrote: > Hi all: > > I'm having problems configuring my ADSL connection w/Debian. I have a > Lynksys BEFW11S4 V.2 Etherfast Router that connects to the internet via > my Efficient Network's 5360 Speedstream Modem. I use a Lynksys 10/100 > Etherfast Card. Here's the rundown. > > On a previous install of Debian, I was unable to get X to start, though > I had a fully functional internet connection that I used to d/l Debian. > > Decided to reinstall - this time, got X to run, but, ironically, my > internet is down. Damn, are computer's fickle? LOL. > > I installed the 'ppp' module into my kernel like I normally do in the > Debian install. No joy. Tried removing that module. No joy. Added > just 'ppp_deflate'. Nope. Tried 'ppp' and 'ppp_deflate' together. > Nada. > > I ran 'pppoeconfig' (or is it just 'pppconfig'? it's the 'ADSL/PPPOE' > Configurator in the Debian Menu) - it won't run on the initial try, and > prompts me to run 'modconf'. After selecting and removing/installing > one of the modules (apparently, it just wants a change, and it doesn't > care what), 'modconf' dumps me back into 'pppoeconfig' - which tells me > that it now detects my Ethernet Card, and then tries to auto-config > everything. That's when it tells me no - it can't detect the setup > from the 'provider' - I'm assuming that's the router. It also says > that its possible that other processes are using the interface 'eth0' - > my ethernet card.
AFAIK you do not setup PPPOE on Debian, the router does the PPPOE stuff with your ISP. All you need to do is set up you nic card, & (hopefully) use dhcp to get an address from the router. > That's it. > > Next is my soundcard - a Soundblaster 128PCI - aka: ES1371. Everytime > I start up KDE, it brings up a dialogue box that I used to get with > Mandrake - 'do not have permissions to device '/dev/dsp''. I tried > changing the permissions on it, but it didn't work. I never did fix > the problem - just installed SuSE on top of it. LOL - I'm lazy. But, > I like Debian too much to just quit at it. That's why I'm asking you > guys. Any ideas for either of these two problems? Thanks a lot. > > Regaurds, > Kris Kerwin Add the user (you?) to the group that is shown for the device, i.e 'ls -l /dev/dsp' will show 'audio' as the group for the ~/dsp device. Use 'adduser' to do this. You also need to restart x-window for the change to be effective. -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
