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I am also a newbie -- but here goes anyway:
1) to log on as a user the file /usr/sbin/pppd must be setuid root
(whatever that means). Do a ls -l /usr/sbin/pppd -- it should read
something like 
-rwsr-sr--   1 root     dialout    119092 Apr 15 17:33 /usr/sbin/pppd 
If it doesn't you must do (as root) chmod u+s /usr/sbin/pppd ,
and also make sure that you are in the dialout group (use Yast -- system
administration)

As for the Wvdial problems, I think you can ignore those error messages
-- it seems to work anyway.  Anyone else with any ideas?

As a general rule you should NOT surf the Internet as root.

Yatsen Ng wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I have a couple of questions that you may be able to help me with:
> 
> 1) When I try to get online with Kppp as a non-root user I get the much
> dreaded 'pppd deamon died unexpectedly' message. Why is that? There are
> no problems with Kppp at all when I go online as root.
> 
> 2a) After configuring WvDial the following line appears repeatedly when
> I boot my system;
> modprobe: Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent than
> /lib/modules/2.2.10/modules.dep
> 
> Does that mean I need to recompile the kernel?
> 
> b) When using WvDial as a non-root user I get these extra lines during
> the dialup;
> 
> -->Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied
> --> --> PAP may be flaky
> --> --> CHAP may be flaky
> 
> There are no problems with establishing a connection at all, however.
> 
> 3) The directory /usr/src contains the following files; linux
>                                                         linux-2.2.10
>                                                         linux-2.2.10.SuSE
>                                                         packages
> What can I get rid of when I install a new kernel?
> 
> I'd really appreciate any kind of help with these issues. Please keep in
> mind that I'm a total newbie.
> 
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