On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 07:29:41 -0500 "James Dishaw" <DishawJP@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I don't know if this will answer your question, but I had a similar > oddness when setting up my FC1 install. I generally set up an alias in > my .bashrc as connect='/sbin/ifup ppp0' to connect to my ISP with my > modem. This didn't work with FC1 and returned an error about "ppp0 > device not found' or something similar. > The work-around I used was to "cd /ect/sysconfig/network-scripts" > directory and then "cp ifcfg-myISPname ppp0" where "myISPname" was the > name of my ISP. I've done a fair number of RH installs and never had > this happen before, but this change enables me to make my connection by > typing "connect" (without the quotes) from the command line as I have > always done and can do so from the console without having to boot to the > GUI. I noticed this as well. A simpler workaround would be to just run /sbin/ifup myISPname from the console. It's actually not that bad of a behavior, because I have a couple of modem configurations I use depending on where I am, and it's easier to remember the ISP name than which ppp device it might be... :) -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- * Charles Taylor <tomalek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> * Chemistry teacher, Linux enthusiast! -------------------------------------------------------------------- * Web: http://home.mindspring.com/~charletiv/ --------------------------------------------------------------------
