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[peter.pilgrim@xxxxxx (Peter Pilgrim)]

peter.pilgrim@xxxxxx wrote:

> Martijn.van.den.Burg@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > From: Peter Pilgrim <peter.pilgrim@xxxxxx>
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I am still very much at a lost!
> > >
> > > I recently upgraded my laptop computer from Slackware 3.4 to
> > > SuSE Linux 6.1. I am trying to get SuSE Linux to
> > > connect to Demon Internet, but I keep getting errors
> > > from `pppd' where it said `operation not permitted'
> > > in the file `/var/log/messages'. I have also downloaded
> > > latest `pppd' 2.5.8 and it still did not work. Here are the
> > > messages:
> > >
> > >     pppd[345]: pppd 2.3.8 started by root, uid 0
> > >     pppd[345]: kernel tty_io.c process (345) pppd used obsolete
> > >     `/dev/cua2' up date software to use `/dev/ttyS2'
> > >     ...
> > >     ...
> > >     pppd[345]: Serial connection established
> > >     pppd[345]: ioctl(PPPIOCGUNIT): Operation not permitted
> > >     pppd[345]: tcsetattr: Operation not permitted
> > >     pppd[345]: Exit
> > >
> > > I checked everything that I could think of. I made sure that I tried
> > > to connect as the superuser. I checked that `/dev/modem' is
> > > symbolically linked to `/dev/ttyS2'. I also checked that the access
> > > permissions for the program `pppd' and device files were set to
> > > `root'.  I have no difficulty dialing up to my ISP with my modem, but
> > > everytime the connection is completed, the `pppd' collapses. I suspect
> > > that has something to do with the second message about the obsolete
> > > `/dev/cua2'. I am clueless where to look next.
> > >
> >
> > /dev/cua<x> used to be the 'old' name for /dev/ttyS<x> serial devices,
> > it became obsolete with kernel 2.2.x (but it may have been 2.1.x, I'm not sure).
> >
> > A workaround could be to make a symlink from cua to ttS (as root):
> >
> > ln -s /dev/ttyS2 /dev/cua2
> >
> > this does not solve the actual cause of the problem, I'm too much of
> > a newbie to know the exact details - maybe you should install 6.1 from
> > scratch instead of upgrading from a different distro?
>
> --<snip>--

I also did `grep cua2 /etc/rc.config'
and then `find /etc -follow -type f -print | xargs grep -n /dev/cua'
but could find nothing.

I also checked the `MODEM=/dev/ttyS2' was set in /etc/rc.config

What else can I do?

Does anyone out there understand the SuSE Config with pppd in mind,
because I dont know were else to look.

Is there  anybody living in (South) London who has SuSe DUN set?
Would you be willing help me set up SuSE / pppd ?
Maybe I could bring my laptop around at weekend ...


--

Cheers
Peter

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