Re: Re. Total Confusion
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 02:49:43AM -0700, Sidney Brooks wrote:
> For those of you who tried to help with my problem, several weeks ago, here
> is a statement of the problem and solution.
> I have Windows98, Redhat linux, and Debian linux on my hard disk. Until
> last summer, I could get online with all three. During the summer something
> happened and only Windows could get me online although both versions of
> linux connected. I was assured by a technician at U.S. Robotics that it
> could not be modem if it worked with Windows.
> After following all suggestions offered here and consulting with a computer
> technician, the conclusion was that it had to be the modem. I bought a new
> Diamond modem and both versions of linux now get me online. Our guess is
> that I had a line surge that knocked out a part of the modem that linux
> requires, but that Windows can do without.
> I still have two minor problems that I may be able to work out myself. In
> order to get on line with Debian, I must use ppp. Minicom and wvdial
> connect but fail to authenticate. The other problem is something new with
> lilo, which I installed using Redhat. It now demands a password for Debian,
> but not for Redhat.
Have you tried running pppconfig to set up your modem? On the redhat
side look in /etc/lilo.conf for a line starting with password=
I if is there, comment it out or delete it if you don't want password
protection. Strange that it asks for a password for debian and not redhat.
hth,
kent
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