Kinternet will not log me on to my ISP
I've just fired up SUSE 8 and KDE 3, and it looks good. But I have an access problem with kinternet. I dial up, get connected, but fail to login. I use Earthlink as my ISP, and Earthlink tells me to I login as ELN/myid. This works fine with kppp or wvdial, but the Yast2 configuration of kinternet (SUSE 8.0, fully updated) insists on changing this to ELNmyid, which of course doesn't work. FWIW, this was a manual configuration of the modem. It's a PCI-based unit on ttyS4 and could not be identified by YAST2 configuration (though it shows up properly on the hardware lists). After some rooting around, I was led to look at /etc/sysconfig/network/providers, and discovered a configuration file ELNmyid. I tried renaming the file from the console, but attemts to insert the "/" character were rejected, presumably because it is unacceptable in a file name. When I explicitly identify my ISP in the YAST2 configuration (US, Earthlink Net), YAST2 creates an entry in /etc/sysconfig/network/providers called earthlink_net. It doesn't work, either. I don't recall having this problem in SUSE 7.3, which I haven't used for a while. Is this a SUSE 8 problem? A KDE 3 problem? Is there a work-around, or do I just have to use kppp? Thanks for your help. Regards, Matt Prastein
On Saturday 10 August 2002 15:42, Matt Prastein wrote:
I've just fired up SUSE 8 and KDE 3, and it looks good. But I have an access problem with kinternet. I dial up, get connected, but fail to login.
I use Earthlink as my ISP, and Earthlink tells me to I login as ELN/myid. This works fine with kppp or wvdial, but the Yast2 configuration of kinternet (SUSE 8.0, fully updated) insists on changing this to ELNmyid, which of course doesn't work. FWIW, this was a manual configuration of the modem. It's a PCI-based unit on ttyS4 and could not be identified by YAST2 configuration (though it shows up properly on the hardware lists).
After some rooting around, I was led to look at /etc/sysconfig/network/providers, and discovered a configuration file ELNmyid. I tried renaming the file from the console, but attemts to insert the "/" character were rejected, presumably because it is unacceptable in a file name.
When I explicitly identify my ISP in the YAST2 configuration (US, Earthlink Net), YAST2 creates an entry in /etc/sysconfig/network/providers called earthlink_net. It doesn't work, either.
I don't recall having this problem in SUSE 7.3, which I haven't used for a while. Is this a SUSE 8 problem? A KDE 3 problem? Is there a work-around, or do I just have to use kppp?
Thanks for your help. Regards, Matt Prastein
----------------------------- Matt, As a former user of Earthlink dialup, I can suggest this to you as it was what I was told that is needed to log on their service. I use their cable service now and still use the same for email and news verification. Instead of your ELN/yid thing that you have been using, try your email address (smprastein@earthlink.net) and then your password as usual. I believe you will find this gets you right in without any problems. I was told they had stopped using the ELN thing sometime ago, probably because they use Linux for their servers and the forward / is most likely causing it to misbehave. So your login name now becomes your email addy and the password remains the same. Patrick -- --- KMail v1.4.2 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.0 --- Amiga, SuSE Linux, PC Sales & Service Magic Page Products
Tried it-- no go. Using the email address (myid@earthlink.net) works fine with kppp and wvdial, but not with kinternet. Kinternet creates the configuration file "myidearthlink.net" in /etc/sysconfig/network/providers, which doesn't work. I can rename the file to "myid@earthlink.net", but kinternet still won't log me in. Bummer. On Sat, 10 Aug 2002 16:59:36 -0400, you wrote:
On Saturday 10 August 2002 15:42, Matt Prastein wrote:
I've just fired up SUSE 8 and KDE 3, and it looks good. But I have an access problem with kinternet. I dial up, get connected, but fail to login.
I use Earthlink as my ISP, and Earthlink tells me to I login as ELN/myid. This works fine with kppp or wvdial, but the Yast2 configuration of kinternet (SUSE 8.0, fully updated) insists on changing this to ELNmyid, which of course doesn't work. FWIW, this was a manual configuration of the modem. It's a PCI-based unit on ttyS4 and could not be identified by YAST2 configuration (though it shows up properly on the hardware lists).
Matt, As a former user of Earthlink dialup, I can suggest this to you as it was what I was told that is needed to log on their service. I use their cable service now and still use the same for email and news verification.
Instead of your ELN/yid thing that you have been using, try your email address (smprastein@earthlink.net) and then your password as usual. I believe you will find this gets you right in without any problems. I was told they had stopped using the ELN thing sometime ago, probably because they use Linux for their servers and the forward / is most likely causing it to misbehave. So your login name now becomes your email addy and the password remains the same.
Patrick -- --- KMail v1.4.2 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.0 --- Amiga, SuSE Linux, PC Sales & Service Magic Page Products
Regards, Matt Prastein
I too use earthlink but I usually use kppp, simply because I never
figured out how to use kinternet, this is my first linux box.So I'm not
sure I can help,, but perhaps I can muddy the water a little bit.
Matt, Have you viewed the log as it's connecting, or attempting to
connect?
i wonder if you get the same info as I do...
<snip>
pppd: CONNECT 115200
pppd: --> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt.
pppd: User Access Verification
pppd: Username:
pppd: --> Looks like a login prompt.
pppd: --> Sending: dummy # why'd it send dummy???
pppd: dummy # my info is in /etc/sys_config ...
pppd: Err 6: Entered user name is invalid: "DUMMY"
pppd: Authentication Failed. Contact the System Administrator
pppd: NO CARRIER
pppd: --> Don't know what to do! Starting pppd and hoping for the best.
pppd: Serial connection established.
pppd: using channel 2
pppd: Using interface ppp0
pppd: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
pppd: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1
Tried it-- no go. Using the email address (myid@earthlink.net) works fine with kppp and wvdial, but not with kinternet.
Kinternet creates the configuration file "myidearthlink.net" in /etc/sysconfig/network/providers, which doesn't work. I can rename the file to "myid@earthlink.net", but kinternet still won't log me in. Bummer.
On Sat, 10 Aug 2002 16:59:36 -0400, you wrote:
On Saturday 10 August 2002 15:42, Matt Prastein wrote:
I've just fired up SUSE 8 and KDE 3, and it looks good. But I have an access problem with kinternet. I dial up, get connected, but fail to login.
I use Earthlink as my ISP, and Earthlink tells me to I login as ELN/myid. This works fine with kppp or wvdial, but the Yast2 configuration of kinternet (SUSE 8.0, fully updated) insists on changing this to ELNmyid, which of course doesn't work. FWIW, this was a manual configuration of the modem. It's a PCI-based unit on ttyS4 and could not be identified by YAST2 configuration (though it shows up properly on the hardware lists).
Matt, As a former user of Earthlink dialup, I can suggest this to you as it was what I was told that is needed to log on their service. I use their cable service now and still use the same for email and news verification.
Instead of your ELN/yid thing that you have been using, try your email address (smprastein@earthlink.net) and then your password as usual. I believe you will find this gets you right in without any problems. I was told they had stopped using the ELN thing sometime ago, probably because they use Linux for their servers and the forward / is most likely causing it to misbehave. So your login name now becomes your email addy and the password remains the same.
Patrick -- --- KMail v1.4.2 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.0 --- Amiga, SuSE Linux, PC Sales & Service Magic Page Products
Regards, Matt Prastein
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