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I use aDSL connection,if i try opening gedit or something like,it simply shows starting gedit
...and stops after sometime.but if i stop my internet connxn,then all guis popup suddenly/?
what to do?what to do?what to do? Please Help!
Previously i have some problems configuring aDSL on Sarge.so with help of local lug guys i edited /etc/network/interfaces:
[prakash@localhost etc]$ cat network/interfaces
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
up ifconfig $IFACE 0.0.0.0 up
down ifconfig $IFACE down
name Ethernet LAN card
iface dsl-provider inet static
provider dsl-provider
# please do not modify the following line
pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconf
name Unknown interface type
Is this correct?also i need to run poff -a several times to stop numerous pppds that starts with when i type pon dsl-provider?
Originally posted by deepclutch I use aDSL connection,if i try opening gedit or something like,it simply shows starting gedit
...and stops after sometime.but if i stop my internet connxn,then all guis popup suddenly/?
what to do?what to do?what to do? Please Help!
Open the app using a terminal, that way you get the error message and that would make it easier to solve the problem.
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