PPP daemon?! Help!!

[Trigger-X]

I installed Linux-Mandrake on a computer I just purchased and I did not set up the installation because I couldent unplug my external modem, anways when I clicked 'internet' in KDE it gave me:
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'Cannot find the PPP daemon!'
'Make sure that pppd is installed.'
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then when I clicked connect in KPPP it gave me:
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'Cannot find the PPP daemon!'
'Make sure that pppd is installed and you have entered the correct path.'
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Can anyone tell me how to fix this? :confused: Thanks for you time.

[ 14 June 2001: Message edited by: Trigger-X ]

[Craig McPherson]

Yeah. You have to install the PPP daemon (pppd). KPPP is actually just a front-end to pppd.

I haven't used Mandrake so I don't know what package kppp is in, but it's in one of the packages on your installation media. Find it and install it. Then KPPP should work.

It's actually possible but unlikely that pppd is already on your system. You can search for it like this:

find -name pppd /

If it shows up in /usr/sbin or somewhere, it's possible you just have your path set wrong.

[Trigger-X]

Well.... It is not a misplaced path... I did a find and such. I did try a CD but when I try to access 'CD-ROM' I get:
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Error-Kdesktop
Unable to enter file:/mnt/cdrom.
You do not have access rights to this location.
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It also gives me this message in root. I need to get in the CD-ROM to install packages.... Help!