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I had a few problems with dial up access with SuSE the first thing I tried was uninstalling the kinternet app which is aimed at DSL users Secondly SuSE is by default set up for timed local calls and per byte charges by the ISP. here in Australia thankfully these things don't apply ( for dial ups anyway) So I copied the /etc/ppp/options file to /etc/ppp/original_options and simply created an empty options file. Works for me just fine now using kppp BTW. Just one niggling thing tho' I still miss the ability to log out of and login again while maintaining a dial up connection which is useful if you share a computer. Mandrake will do this but I have yet to work out how to do it in SuSE. :-( On Saturday 22 June 2002 12:27, R. Stia wrote:
Hello SuSe people
New install of SuSE 8.0 Previously ran 7.0 & 7.2 successfully with this modem.
Had to configure my 3Com/USRobotics 56K internal modem manually because Yast2 would not do it. I finally have the modem connecting to my ISP. WVdial only as root and drops out immediately after connecting. PPP as users and root and will stay connected. Root can initialize a program such as Konqueror and acees the internet. Users cannot initialize any programs. Konq, ftp, Kmail, etc. Get a message like "Host Netscape.com cannot be found"
This whole thing is driving me crazy. My brain is fried. I am missing something very obvious. So near, and yet so far. I will be happy to get either of them working let alone both.
Please put me back on the right track.
Bob S.