Hello again list! I'm posting back to myself to report the problem
is solved. For any other unfortunates that are stuck with dial-up,
I'll report the solution.
Let the working box be BG and the nonworking box be BB. Turns out
BB never did work with kppp, only qinternet. I started using kppp
to compare the logs on both boxes because it has the modem query
feature and it gives a good terminal log.
To get kppp working on BB I had to add myself to the group
dialout. Qinternet doesn't require that privilege, so it was never
set on BB.
What caused the original problem was my ISP changed the dial-up
access number. I used yast to reconfigure the modem and the
configuration changed the serial port.
To recap, BG always worked. BB started working with kppp when I
added myself to the dialout group. BB started working with
qinternet when I manually changed the serial port from ttyS1 to ttyS0.
For the better connected members of the list – thanks for your
indulgance! Frank K
On 10/24/2010 01:19 PM, Frank K wrote:
> Ppp0 seems to be broken on one of my two dial-up computers. Neither kppp
> nor qinternet works on the broken box. Both work on the good box. Each
> box has two dial-up modems.
>
> A month or two ago both modems on the broken box worked. Both broken box
> modems query on kppp, and both modems connect with the XP dual boot on
> the broken box.
>
> Googling around, I think I need to reload the app that creates the ppp0
> instance. That app may not be a kde app, but I thought I would try here
> first.
>
> One thing seemingly unrelated is that I changed the monitor on the bad
> box. To fix the new display I followed the excellent directions from
> this site to create the virtual terminal and run sax2.
>
> Any relevant suggestions on this problem will be appreciated. My system
> is i586 openSuse 11.2 with Kde 4.3.1. I have some comparative
> information like the following.
>
> The good box and broken box terminal kppp invocations look like this:
> Good box-
> kppp
> Opener: received SetSecret
> Opener: received SetSecret
> Opener: received OpenLock
>
> Opener: received OpenDevice
> Opener: received ExecPPPDaemon
> Kernel supports ppp alright.
> In parent: pppd pid 5265
> Couldn't find interface ppp0: No such device
> Couldn't find interface ppp0: No such device
> Opener: received OpenResolv
> failed to read from /etc/ppp/resolv.conf
> Opener: received RemoveSecret
> Opener: received RemoveSecret
> Opener: received KillPPPDaemon
> In killpppd(): Sending SIGTERM to 5265
> Opener: received RemoveSecret
> Opener: received RemoveSecret
> Opener: received OpenResolv
>
> Bad box kppp invocation:
> kppp
> Opener: received SetSecret
> Opener: received SetSecret
> Opener: received OpenLock
>
> Opener: received OpenDevice
> Opener: received ExecPPPDaemon
> In parent: pppd pid 4685
> Opener: received OpenResolv
> Couldn't find interface ppp0: No such device
> Couldn't find interface ppp0: No such device
> Kernel supports ppp alright.
> pppd: Can't open options file /etc/ppp/filters: Permission denied
> It was pppd that died
> pppd exited with return value 2
> Sending 4680 a SIGUSR1
> Opener: received RemoveSecret
> Opener: received RemoveSecret
> Opener: received OpenResolv
> Opener: received OpenResolv
> Opener: received RemoveLock
> Opener: received PPPDExitStatus
> Opener: received PPPDExitStatus
> Opener: received OpenSysLog
>
> Frank K
>
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