Re: Still on install
Sidney Brooks declaimed:
> I have two problems left.
>
> 1. I can get two dialers, kppp and ppp, to dial, but
> they do not authenticate. The kppp log says:
>
> The system is required to authenticate itself
> but I cannot find any suitable secret (password) for
> it to use to do so.
> (None of the available passwords would let it use an
> IP address).
>
> I suspect it has something to do with that new secret
> protocal in the install process. What do I need to do?
>
Dunno, but here's a guess: There should be a way to specify your
ppp username & password in the same file where you store the phone
number. Check the docs.
> 2. I can't find cups on any of my seven disks. Isn't
> it supposed to be part of the distribution? Does the
> package go under a different name from cups? Otherwise
> how do I get my printer to work? I tried magicfilter,
> but I don't know what filter to use (tried ljet4l).
>
$ apt-cache search cups
The main package name is apparently 'cupsys'.
HTH, Paul
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Paul Mackinney
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