[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: weird problem

[linux]

Fred writes: 

> I have been fighting a maddening little problem in my Mdk9.0/KDE3 system. Seems
> like several months ago I did something - who knows what it was - that screwed
> up the dialer. This is weird:
> 1) after bootup I have to - as root - do an 'ifup ppp0' 

Ditch kppp and set up icons for ifup ppp0 and ifdown ppp0
Lable 'em "LogOn Internet" & "LogOff Internet"
(easiest fix)? 

> 2) IF I DO NOT, clicking on the dialup icon (kppp) will dialup and connect, but
> there is no interprocess communication between any other programs and the modem
> (socket?)
> 3) once root does an 'ifup ppp0' and gets connected everything works ok. 
> 4) at that point, I do an 'ifdown ppp0' 
> 
>>From that point until I reboot the system again, running kppp by any user will
> work ok. I have torn this system apart and spent way too much time on this
> problem, but it irritates the crap out of me. 
> 
> Any ideas on where to look to fix the problem? 
> 
> Another clue:  route gives a list of ip addr.... after a boot, if I run kppp
> first, route returns the list plus the ip addr for the ppp interface, given by
> the isp. System won't work. If I run 'ifup ppp0' as root, then from then on
> route gives me something like 'ac04.dlls.eli.n' instead of the ppp0 ip address.
> Maybe that is a red herring, as it indicates to me that the interprocess
> communication is now working and getting info from the isp. Maybe. 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Fred 
> 
> ps - I have set up 3 other identical systems and none of them have this
> problem... this one didn't either, at first.... 
> 
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