Re: more questions
Actually it's not entirely different on alpha, especially debian/alpha,
its almost exactly the same as debian/x86. Are you sure you have kppp
installed? clicking the dialup option may have only installed the
console tools. Try installing kppp. As for wvdial not working as a
regular user. That's a permissions problem i'm 98% sure. You're going
to have to make sure that the user is in the dialout group, make sure he
can run the pppd, chat, etc etc.
The box will try to find a route to whereever using whatever means it
can. Which is why you see lights going on on the router. It cant
access the ppp0 connection so it tries different interfaces.
Do you have konqueror installed? If i remember correctly thats what KDE
uses as a file manager, so if its not installed nothing will show up.
Try intsalling it to see if that helps.
Unlike other distros, debian wont install everything and the kitchen
sink for you.
Richard Fillion
rick@rhix.ods.org
On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 01:53:29PM -0700, Bob Schmidt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have several questions again, (seems unending). I have installed deb 3.0 r1 stock out of the box. I purchased an external modem, and when installing deb wvdial finds it and sets it up. For some reason kppp does not install so I can't use it for internet connection. When I run wvdial in a terminal (as root only, won't let me use it if I log on as a user) it dials the internet and hooks up. I watch the lights, and read the dialog. But if I try to check email or surf the web for some reason it goes to my router (I watch the lights) and never even goes to the modem (still watching modem lights) any idea why that would happen?
>
> One more question, when logged into kde as a user, or root I can't use the home icon. What I mean is if I click it, the hard drive turns and nothing ever happens. It doesn't open any program. If I log into gnome, I can go to file explorer and it works fine.
>
> Lastly, why didn't kppp load? I installed the dialup option.
>
> Sorry for all the questions, I've used linux on pc's. But it is entirely a different matter on a alpha machine.
>
> I'm running kernel 2.2.20, on an 433au with 256M of ram
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Bob
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