Slack users, Help.

[MandK_10]

I am trying Slack again. (run while you can :D )
First, I used the menu based install and chose the 2.4.5 with SCSI only. I am assuming then that this means I have the 2.4.5 kernel. What is the command to find out for sure?

Main problem though is my dial out. I have a USR 33.6 voice modem. It is PnP but I have not set it up as such. I can use KPPP in KDE and can connect to the internet fine. If I use Gnome's ppp dialer utility, it will dial and connect, but Browsers cannot see the internet and my "PPPdaemon died Unexpectedly". Is there a way to correct this. Also, I really like using Enlightenment and wondered if I had any other options other than using KPPP.

Mike

[bdg1983]

Sorry, just the first question.

uname -r - for just the kernel version

uname -a - for version, build date/time etc.

[tecknophreak]

I can use KPPP in KDE and can connect to the internet fine. If I use Gnome's ppp dialer utility, it will dial and connect, but Browsers cannot see the internet and my "PPPdaemon died Unexpectedly". Is there a way to correct this. Also, I really like using Enlightenment and wondered if I had any other options other than using KPPP.
using kppp you get through to the internet? you might need to know your dns from you isp and add that in. check your messages from the pppd. should be in /var/log/messages

[MandK_10]

I am at work now so I cannot check on anything.

When I first set up my internet account I was told that everything was dynamic and I did not have to enter DNS or any other numbers.

I have used Gnome's tools and KDE's tools succesfully with RedHat 7.1, But Gnome's Dialup configure tool does not seem to work right with Slack or Debian for me. It will dial but after about 30 seconds it will die on me. None of the browsers can get through while it is connected either.

Oh yes, I have tried typing pppsetup and it does not appear to be there. I thought I included most every option when running setup, but I could be wrong. I have not tried installing software yet with Slack. Where in the disk will I find pppsetup and what package will it be in?
Mike

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[Evil Jeff]

If everything is dynamic, then you probably need to make sure that the dhcp client is running. The command would be something like...

dhcpcd device up

where device is the name of the device. I've only used linux on a network, so my device is eth0, don't know what it would be for a dialup...

[MandK_10]

I am not doubting you evil jeff, but as I said, it works with KDE's KPPP. I am thinking that there has to be something else. I could be wrong though. And I am not sure I even included the dhcp client, if I did and it is needed that it must be running in KDE, right?
I will be fussing with it tomorrow morning before work.
I will beat this thing. :p

Mike

[ 15 August 2001: Message edited by: MandK_10 ]

[MandK_10]

New development. First I am using 2.4.5-10 kernel.
I setup sound tonight worked great. Basically I edited my etc/rc.d/rc.modules file to include soundblaster pro/16 support. then ran ./rc.modules. then did pnpdump >isapnp.conf. Sound works. happy happy joy joy.
Now back to modem. I am in KDE so I figure I can get it to work right. Now I get "sorry modem is busy". So I fool around with it a bit and nothing. I comment out soundblaster line in rc.modules and delete my isapnp.conf file and reboot, no sound but here I am online with the modem working.

Seems like something is up with PnP and the modem. It is a PnP modem, but even if I configure it in the isapnp.conf file it still comes up busy.

Any Ideas?

[MandK_10]

bump

[r0nster]

I hate those PnP modems. Anyway, you might need to set a link in your /dev directory pointing from modem to the device (probably something like ttyS3, for example).
pppsetup is contained in the ppp.tgz file located in the /cdrom/slakware/n1 directory.
It will prompt you for the ISP's phone number, DNS (yes, you NEED this!) ip numbers, and other things. After you enter in all the relevent info, you can issue ppp-go to connect; ppp-off to disconnect and ppp-go -d to enable demand dialing (autodials when a packet goes out)
I don't have any ISA cards in my system so I really can't help you setting up that ISA modem of yours.
pppsetup is located in the /n1 directory on the cdrom and contained in the ppp.tgz tarball. Just fire up pkgtool after mounting the cd-rom and install the ppp.tgz file.
in your /etc/resolv conf, you need:search isp (replace isp with your isp domain name)
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Only one nameserver line may be necessary, but my ISP has a primary and a secondary, hence I have 2 lines here. Your DNS numbers go there.

[MandK_10]

Yes, I got the DNS numbers from the ISP and PPP works fine now. Unfortunately, I have a new problem. The topic of my other post Oh fsck (http://www.linuxnewbie.org/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=021976)

[MandK_10]

Final follow up.

I took the modem out and discovered that it was jumpered. Meaning that I could set the com and irq. When I got it it was set up for PnP. I just forced the setting and now I can have sound and modem both.

Thanks to all that offered help.

Mike