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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