*Please turn on your line wraps* "Preston Boyington" <PBoyington@polyengineering.com> writes: > John Hasler wrote: > : Preston writes: > :: This weekend I installed a base Debian system using the new > :: installer. My only "problem" is after using pppconfig to setup my > :: external modem it will activate the modem (dial and apparently > :: connect) but I can't get apt-setup to connect to any sources to > :: download programs. > : > : Tell us _exactly_ what you did and _exactly_ what happened. Try 'ping > : www.debian.org' and 'ping 192.25.206.10'. > :: I "su" in to "pon" my provider... > : > : You wouldn't need to do that if you had added your non-root > : user as a ppp > : user. In pppconfig do 'Change->->Provider->Advanced->Add > : User' and follow > : instructions. > : > > tried the "add user" feature and was not able to initiate "pon" > unless i was root (will verify when i get home). Well, did you log out, then log back in? Group changes do not take effect until the next time you log in after the change. > :: I am wondering if it may have something to do with DHCP that was > :: setup during the install. > : > : No, but why was DHCP set up? Do you need it? It has nothing > : to do with > : dialup. > : > > it (installer) automagically configures DHCP if a network card is > present (unless run as "expert") Right, but it won't try to DHCP on serial interfaces like ppp0... -- .''`. Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> : :' : `. `'` proud Debian admin and user `- Debian. Because it *must* work. debian.org aboutdebian.com
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