On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 02:16:55PM -0000, stephen HARGREAVES wrote: > Hi all > > OK - I'm an idiot - but now I'm an idiot with a problem. > > After a crash, I rebooted to find that some of the ppp files had vanished. > No problem, I thought - uninstall ppp and re-install from my installation > disk - except it doesn't (re-install) and now I have no dial up from linux. > > Is there any way I can recover this situation without a fresh install of the > system?
Why won't it reinstall? Are you using apt-get? If so, trash that idea, mount the CD, find the ppp .deb file, and reinstall using dpkg. On the other hand, I think apt-get _can_ do it... with a "--reinstall" option: 'apt-get --reinstall install foo.deb' Try it and see if it barfs. HTH, Kenward -- In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be _teachers_ and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have. - Lee Iacocca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
