dsl & Mandrake

[David J Patrick]

John McGregor wrote:

> David J Patrick wrote:
>
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>> 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) 
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>
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> 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.
>
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Ach zooo ! A lock file ?

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>> How would one tell eth0 that ? 
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>
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> That comment came from my notes for Mandrake 8.0 and after digging 
> around in 9.2 that its no longer necessary.

pardon ? er,. do mean that there's no more problem in v9.2 or that the 
docs are better, or .. ?

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>>>
>>> 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.
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>>
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>> edit /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf, save reboot, surf ? 
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> 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
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>
> HTH
>
> John

Thanks John, I'll try that.

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