hi
i have mdk 8.1.yesterday i upgraded my linux box through the net
through the mandrake update utility
when i finished i disconnected and after when i tried to connect to the net i get this error:
kppp daemon died unexpectedly ,exit status 4.where is the problem and how can i fix this?

Check /var/log/messages for obvious problems.


Last time I had a problem like that I just uninstalled the rpms for ppp and reinstalled them.

This may not be the best way, but I don't see how it can fail.

You may want to try just one of the packages at a time to see if it fixes it. I just did them all, I wanted to update them anyway.

run this for names of the packages


rpm -qa | grep ppp

this is what I get

rp-pppoe-2.6-5
kdenetwork-ppp-2.1.1-1
kpppload-1.04-23
ppp-2.4.0-2

then download the rpms you need by searching google for them or rpmfind

uninstall like this

rpm -e rp-pppoe kdenetwork-ppp kpppload ppp

you may have to force the uninstall if there are dependencies.

cd /folderwith rpms/

rpm -i *