Re: Newbie Install - Serial port and PPP does not work

1998-06-11 Thread Shaleh
Glad it is working now! I will add an item to the FAQ-o-matic telling people to ignore that file. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Newbie Install - Serial port and PPP does not work

1998-06-11 Thread john
Raj writes: > I was focussed on the other file in ppp directory called optionsttySXX. > And I did not see any reference to the port in that file except the file > name. The comment inside that file says that I should rename that file > for my serial port to optionttyS1 and edit it to put my hostna

Re: Newbie Install - Serial port and PPP does not work

1998-06-11 Thread Raj_Gole
Hi All, We can close this thread. PPP works now. Thanks for all those who jumped in to help me. I really like the response time of this list. First response from Shaleh was in ten minutes. WOW!! Here is the scoop. I un-installed PPP package and installed it again. It still did not work.

Re: Newbie Install - Serial port and PPP does not work

1998-06-11 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Jun 10, 1998 at 08:29:20PM -0400, Shaleh wrote: > Non-free can not be on a CD, that is the point of it being called > "non-free". As to your problem here goes (I help maintain the > FAQ-o-matic). Well, if it by definition could not go on CD, it should be called non-CD. Some parts of it AR

Re: Newbie Install - Serial port and PPP does not work

1998-06-11 Thread Shaleh
Non-free can not be on a CD, that is the point of it being called "non-free". As to your problem here goes (I help maintain the FAQ-o-matic). COM2 is /dev/ttyS1. You can make a /dev/modem w/ "ln -s ttyS1 modem". While in the dev directory. The "No PPP support in kernel" is caused by it trying