Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2441 mails)

[Arvin Schnell <arvin@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 11:07:30AM -0500, Regis Matejcik wrote:
> Everything seems to work fine on this new install of SuSE professional
> 9.2 - except....
> 
> Dial up will not work.  I installed a specifically linux compatible
> modem.  It shows up as configured in Yast, and the Kinternet icon is in
> the system tray.
> 
> When I click the icon it momentarily shows a little connecting graphic
> then returns to normal.  The log output shows:
> 
> Status is: disconnected
> trying to connect to smpppd
> connect to smppd
> Status is: disconnected
> Status is: connecting
> Status is: disconnected
> pppd[0] died: pppd options error (exit code 2)

Set "debug = on" in /etc/smpppd.conf and restart the smpppd.  The
log will then show all options passed to the pppd including where
it comes from (filename or command-line).  Also look in
/var/log/messages.

What kind of modem is that?  What driver does it use?

ciao Arvin