--- Chen Yufei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> First thanks! > > As Mrugesh mentioned rp-pppoe-3.8, I took a look in > the rp-pppoe > ebuild file and found this, > > "Gentoo is moving toward common configuration file > for all network > interfaces. Please use baselayout adsl module for > configuring your > network using rp-pppoe or, better yet, use generic > PPP support > available in baselayout-1.12." > > I unemerged rp-pppoe and still succeed to connect. > In fact I found > there is a file "rp-pppoe.so" in the directory > /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.3/ so > I think rp-pppe is not necessary for adsl connect. > > In the ppp ebuild file, > > "Pon, poff and plog scripts have been supplied for > experienced users. > ... The old /etc/init.d/net.ppp0 script has gone! > The new way of > handling PPP connections of any kind (PPPoE, PPPoA, > etc) is through > the baselayout's pppd net module." > > I've set the /etc/conf.d/net, but what is the new > way to make PPP > connections up/off without pon/poff? pon/poff need > to edit > /etc/ppp/peer/provider and this is not the "common > configuration > file". Precisely! See the thread on emerge wvdial issues. Why do we now need _two_files /etc/conf.d/net _and_ ../peers/provider? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
