Re: [gentoo-user] ppp-2.4.3-r10.ebuild

[maxim wexler]

I've done this lots. I didn't have near the problems
you seem to be having. If you can chroot to /bin/bash
you shouldn't have a problem. But you need pppconfig
in addition to ppp. According to my notes I had to
USE="-unicode" before I could emerge pppconfig. Don't
recall where that came from; you might not have to.
Run pppconfig and fill in the lines. That's all I had
to do. Unless this "PPPoA" thing you mention queers
the deal.

Then edit sudoers for user access -- you're all set. 

--- Charles Trois <charles.trois@×××××××.fr> wrote:

> It's not easy to install things in Gentoo without
> Internet access,
> especially when it's about installing the Internet
> connexion itself.
>
> My ISP uses PPPoA, and I have a Speedtouch USB
> modem, the installation
> of which requires ppp-2.4.3. This is not provided by
> the distfiles, so I
> used a tarball downloaded under MacOS, which I
> installed in the ordinary
> way (which is not the Gentoo way). The Speedtouch
> pages say that one should
>
> (1) write PEER="speedtch" in /etc/conf.d/net.ppp0
> (speedtch is the
> name 		of the modem config file)
>
> (2) run 	"rc-update add net.ppp0 default"		in order
> that ppp0 start at
> boot.
>
> Thus installed, the thing works, but only up to a
> point, in that
>
> (3) I have to run  "pppd call speedtch"  to start
> ppp, and
>
> (4) I must change the default route from eth0 to
> ppp0 to make the
> name 			resolution work.
>
> Supposing that these difficulties might result from
> a bad installation
> of ppp-2.4.3, and Internet now being available, I
> looked for a proper
> emerge, and found ppp-2.4.3-r10.ebuild, which I
> installed, unmasking it
> for ~ppc (this is an iMac). That was ok, but the
> note at the end says
> that /etc/init.d/net.ppp0 is no longer used and that
> everything goes
> through pppd. Then (2) above does no longer make
> sense, and I am not
> sure about (1).
>
> I tried to run pppd just to see, but there was no
> result (although no
> error). From the script, it seems that it might give
> some messages, but
> there was nothing.
>
> How does it work? What should I do instead of (1)
> and (2), and shall I
> be rid of (3) and (4)?
>
> I'll be grateful for all hints.
>
> Charles
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>


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