Re: Trying to get online

2000-11-04 Thread Nathan
The irq is hooked to the serial port you are using. The IO port is as well (try setserial /dev/modem or whatever you have your modem on - /dev/modem is usualy a symlink...) check 'modprobe -l' for a ppp module. if it's there, use 'insmod ppp' to load it and then try again. If that doesn't work

Fw: Trying to get online

2000-11-04 Thread Mailing List
Hi! Did you recompile the kernel yourself? If you did, remember to include PPP in the Networking section (afai remember). Guessing from the newbiness, thats not what you did ;-) Anyway, most stock kernels DO include ppp by default thought. Try typing "insmod ppp" and see what that brings up. Hop

Trying to get online

2000-11-04 Thread Andrew
Hi people,   I am trying to get online with my debian box.  I ran pppconfig and went through the motions.  My connection is through bartnet.  After I exited the pppconfig I tried pon bartnet and it came up with this message...   "/usr/sbin/pppd: This system lacks the support for PPP.  T

pptp problem (adsl)

2000-11-04 Thread Sebastiaan
Hello, i have a problem configuring my Linux (potato) box. I want to use the ADSL connection I have. I have read several documents about this subject and followed them. This is what I did: - set up the network and I am able to ping the modem (10.0.0.138) - downloaded, patched and installed pptp -

Re: APC UPS-Pro 650 anyone ?

2000-11-04 Thread Luca Filipozzi
On Sat, Nov 04, 2000 at 10:57:10AM -0300, Felipe Alvarez Harnecker wrote: > > Hi, im using PowerChute fromn APC. All works well except that the UPS > doesn't put itself to sleep, so it runs "On battery" forever. > > I've tried the same ups an same cable with a WinBug box and all work > well. >

Re: APC UPS-Pro 650 anyone ?

2000-11-04 Thread R. W. Rodolico
I tried using PowerChute but it is not set up for Debian. If I remember correctly, it makes some assumptions about the location and version of certain libraries that works only with RedHat, Suse and a few other releases. Same problem you had. I contacted APC and they will not support under Debian.

APC UPS-Pro 650 anyone ?

2000-11-04 Thread Felipe Alvarez Harnecker
Hi, im using PowerChute fromn APC. All works well except that the UPS doesn't put itself to sleep, so it runs "On battery" forever. I've tried the same ups an same cable with a WinBug box and all work well. So the choice are the Linux "powerChute" bugware or the serial port. Anyone with succes