paul on Tue, 19 Feb 2002 13:30:18 +0100


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Re: [PLUG] RH PPP Failed to deactivate interface message


If nothing else works, kill the ppp process.  The lock file is, I
believe, /var/lock/LCK..ttyS1, depending on your COM port.


> I occasionally get the same error with rp3.  You can turn off the
external 
> modem, but that still doesn't close the "interface".  For a while, my 
> solution was to use the KDE utility kppp (which I really liked), but
when 
> FastNet (what a misnomer) bought NetReach, the kppp login script
stopped 
> working (and nobody at FastNet support knew what Linux or a login
script 
> was).  Unable to fix it myself, without help, I switched back to rp3. 
I'll 
> try to answer your questions below.


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