[H-GEN] PPP Support problem

[Stephen Brine]

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mine does that mandrake 6.1 kernel 2.2.14 under an ordinary user the first 
time I do kPPP it say that then if I close it then klik it again it will go 
in without the message. (I now have set up ppp-on so I don't have to get up 
from my chair to start the modem on the router)

         Steve B

At 17:27 24/01/00 , you wrote:
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>I am running Mandrake 6.1 with kernel 2.2.13-22.
>
>When I start kppp I get the warning 'Your kernel doesn't have ppp support blah
>blah blah', if I Ok the message and connect to my ISP it wil clap out when 
>it's
>trying to start ppp.
>
>The funny thing is if I switch to another console as root and run pppd 
>from the
>command prompt, wait till it's finished, switch back to X and start kppp and
>connect it works fine.
>
>Is it a module not loading for my ordinary user but will for root or a
>permissions thing?
>
>Basically my setup is mandrake with the updates installed. I haven't compiled
>my own kernel or anything like that.
>
>Regards
>Harry
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