ADSL issues was ot-no free lunch and UI issues

[Meng Cheah]

paul sutton wrote:
> I think the ADSL connection problem is something to do with the tool 
> that helps me set it up,  when I run the tool from the kde menu it 
> promts for the root password,  then jumps to a console window, where it
> tries to run something, can't and closes the window (very quickly),  I 
> think whatever tool it tries and runs, is one that needs special 
> permission to be started from a konsole window to run in X,
> 
> Is there a ADSL tool i can run from a normal commadn line that does the 
> same thing,  I'ts under internet / connection on the KDE menu,  there 
> must be a console set up tool somewhere.
> 
> I am using Kanotix 2005-4 - lite,  having done an apt-get dist upgrade 
> etc  earlier, (I was using a RC before),  so I am now running the full 
> lite version,  or is there a way to run dhclient automaticaly upon
> startup so it finds the hub / router / internet connection. I was hoping 
> doing this would fix it,

Paul

I'm not sure what you want but if what you want to do is connect using 
pppoe, try rp-pppoe.
http://www.roaringpenguin.com/penguin/open_source_rp-pppoe.php

But first, check if Kanotix is already using it.
In the past, there were problems with some implementations of rp-pppoe 
by vendors. I haven't heard of problems with rp-pppoe for a long, long 
time. It's usually included in the distro and just works :-)

Regards

Meng


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