dsl & Mandrake

[John McGregor]

David J Patrick wrote:

>
> does the wizard launch another daemon ?
> something I have to kill before the Roaring Penguin daemon can take 
> over ?
> (sounds like we're playing D&D) 


More like Mandrake won't let the file of a device that it thinks is in 
use be overwritten, so the next attempt has to use the next available 
interface.

>
>
>>
>> Here's the relevant bit from the 'read me file' at the Roaring 
>> Penguin site.
>>
>> "
>>
>> 4. Edit /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf
>> -----------------------------
>>
>> The file /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf contains configuration information for the
>> ADSL connection.  You need to edit the following items:
>>
>> - Change ETH=eth1 to the correct Ethernet device for your modem.
>> - Change USER=bxxxnxnx-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org to your proper ADSL user-ID."
>>
>> Its also a good idea to tell eth0 beforehand to accept DHCP (it may 
>> be redundant, but it seemed to make a difference on my system).
>
>
> How would one tell eth0 that ? 


That comment came from my notes for Mandrake 8.0 and after digging 
around in 9.2 that its no longer necessary.

>
>
>>
>> When you configure rp-pppoe to be always on, you must reboot for it 
>> to take effect because the boot sequence is where the script writes 
>> the service call. Trying to call it after the fact has no effect, in 
>> your case because Mandrake is directing the command to wards the 
>> interface that it borked up earlier.
>
>
> edit /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf, save reboot, surf ? 



This link goes to the detailed 'how to' on the Roaring Penguin site. I 
think thaty if you just comment out each of the files that it says to 
edit and then re-run the script you should be fine.

http://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/rp-pppoe/how-to-connect.txt


HTH

John

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