adsl-start problems in slack 9.1

davidschob · 11-14-2003, 01:51 PM

for some reason it's not logging you on at all... that error message basically says it can't connect. I'm lost my friend...sorry.

Maybe reinstall the RPPPoe and PPP packages just to make sure they're not banged up. Other than that I don't know what to tell you. Someone else?

Kjetil4455 · 11-14-2003, 01:53 PM

allright... so- what's the pppoe packages called? and which cd are they on?

davidschob · 11-14-2003, 01:58 PM

should be: rp-pppoe-3.5-i386-1 and ppp-2.4.1-i486-3 both in "n" I'd remove the other packages first to give it a fresh go. I know that this isn't the normal way to do things, but I'm not sure what you have on that system of yours that's causing so many problems.

Kjetil4455 · 11-14-2003, 02:00 PM

allright man, one thing tought; how do I remove the old packages? i've never uninstalled anything within linux before. (omg such n00b)

davidschob · 11-14-2003, 02:03 PM

assuming you're using slack, go to pkgtool and go down to remove packages... choose the ones you don't want (rp-ppp and ppp) and then install the packages with installpkg. you can also remove packages with removepkg... Read http://www.slackware.com/book/index....rce=x4000.html

cheers.

Kjetil4455 · 11-14-2003, 02:06 PM

ty ty

Kjetil4455 · 11-14-2003, 02:07 PM

by the way, is it possible to download this book? it looks very usefull, and i don't have internet access all the time...

davidschob · 11-14-2003, 02:07 PM

I'm guessing thta means it worked ?

davidschob · 11-14-2003, 02:08 PM

don't know... there's probably a pdf of it somewhere. It may even be on the distro disks somewhere.

Kjetil4455 · 11-14-2003, 02:09 PM

im not home, so i cant test anything yet... i was thanking the guy for the link and my n00b question

i'm hoping that reinstalling pppoe will work. maybe i'll have to reinstall RP also

daYz · 11-15-2003, 11:46 AM

Hi,

I have the Speedtouch ADSL modem and it's seems I had the problem your having now. I solved it by running the netconfig utility and choosing loopback instead of Static IP or DHCP.
Maybe you should run the netconfig again after you got ADSL running if you have to setup a LAN. I'm going to try that now.

Kjetil4455 · 11-16-2003, 09:20 AM

great. how do i set it to loopback?

daYz · 11-16-2003, 09:30 AM

Type "netconfig" on the command line. Choose a name, then a domain name, then choose for loopback.

Kjetil4455 · 11-16-2003, 09:36 AM

man, the loopback stuff- IT WORKED!! OH YEAH!!! thanks everyone!!!

Kjetil4455 · 11-16-2003, 09:38 AM

oh, one more thing, after it says "connected", can i close the terminal??