[H-GEN] 56k modem problem: kinternet error - keyboard fixed.

[andrew laidlaw]

Dear All,
  
  And now the standard scripts I'm using, modified for my modem device id, returns:
  
  # /usr/sbin/pppd: unrecognised option 'dev/ttyLT0'
  
  I wonder if this modem can be used at all?
  
  regards.... andrew.
  
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Dear All,
  
  Reverting the system to US english and selecting synchronise keyboard  has resulted in a functioning keyboard, so I can now attempt a test  with pppd.
  
  regards.... andrew.

andrew laidlaw <aa_laidlaw at yahoo.com.au> wrote:  [ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and     ]
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Hi Everyone,
  
  My agere/lucent winmodem is auto-detected by suse 10.1's yast installer  and appears to be properly installed, although yast has assigned it the  device name /dev/ttyLT0.  
  
 I'm using KDE desktop.   The documentation says to use kinternet from the desktop to connect to  my ISP, but this does not work, although everything (username, phone  number etc) has already been configured under yast. 
 What happens upon clicking the kinternet icon is a window comes  up for the password.  Then, when I give it the password, and click  <ok>, the dialler just dies.  The (kinternet) log file says:
  
  pppd[0] died: pppd options error (exit code 2)
  
  Meanwhile,
  #man pppd
  
  tells me that exit code 2 is invalid or incompatible options for the pppd command.
  
  But I cannot see how to know, or control, what options are being passed  from kinternet to pppd.  Right clicking the kinternet icon, and  selecting <settings> - <view configuration> provides a  window which includes a place called pppd-options, but there is nothing  showing there.
  
 I have tried using kppp (another dialler  application) but it has a fixed list of device names, which does not  include /dev/ttyLT0, and cannot be modified.
  
 I have also tried to use pppd from the  shell, but cannot create the necessary text files to   test this due to  the fact that the (brand new) keyboard cannot produce a backslash  character.
  
  I cannot find any documentation on Kinternet under man, help or info, nor using the kde gui interface to suse help.
  
  The system is AMD XP2000+ / 256MB.  Suse10.1  kernel is 2.6.16.13-4-default.
  
  Many thanks in advance,
  
  regards... andrew.
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