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Dale wrote: |
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> I also went diggin in the groups file, there is a dialout group in |
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> there that *should* address this. I mentioned in a early reply that |
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> this was likely a security thing. Your link seems to show that it is |
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> that. What I can't figure out is why no one warned us? I only use |
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> Linux and only have one puter that connects to the net so if I didn't |
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> know to check the permissions of the modem, I could have been stuck. |
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> Plus, I did get that error about my UPS. That was really helpful |
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> there. It actually showed me the permissions were wrong and I noticed |
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> they were changed from what they used to be. |
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> I also notice there is no mention of the uucp group in the link. It |
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> does mention using the group ppp but not uucp. Anyway, I plan to |
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> watch those udev config updates closer next time. They have always |
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> worked before but I learned that *may* not always be true. |
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> Thanks for the info. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) :-) :-) |
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> www.myspace.com/dalek1967 |
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OK. Here's my update. I changed the config file, the 50-udev.rules |
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file, back to the way it was when it was updated. I then added myself |
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to the uucp group and rebooted. Well, my UPS didn't like that one bit. |
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So I added nut to the uucp group too. Then I rebooted again. |
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Everything *appears* to be working fine. Sorry for all the rebooting |
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but they are serial ports. |
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Why did I decide to go and do all this right now. Here is the funny |
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part. Kppp could access the modem, it could tell it to dial out, it |
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could connect, even get the DNS servers, but it was NOT going to send |
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data or accept data like it should. It was like spitting on a four |
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alarm fire. It would send some but it was just a little bit at a time. |
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Kopete worked fine though. Go figure. All that was run as a normal |
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user. To test that this was permission related, I opened a root Konsole |
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and used wvdial to connect with. The pages loaded like they should when |
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connected that way. I knew then it was either Kppp or I still had some |
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lingering permission issues. I suspected the later. |
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Lesson of all this, watch those udev updates. They may work 99% of the |
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time but that 1% can drive you nuts. |
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All this because my power went out for about 2 hours. Maybe I need a |
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bigger UPS. ;-) |
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Thanks for all the help. |
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Dale |
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:D :D :D :D :D |
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