bobterri

I have a Dell Inspiron 5160, running Mandrake 10.1. Everything is running great on this laptop, but when I try to plug an external monitor by hitting fn-f8, the screen goes blank and I have to reboot. I've tried booting the system with the external monitor plugged in, but it just does the same thing. I think there is a special setting I need to add to xorg.conf, but I can't find it.

Allright!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I clicked on KPPP in my menu and then clicked the "configure" button. Then I chose the "accounts" tab and highlighted my ISP. I then clicked the "edit" button. I then chose the "dial" tab and clicked on the "Customize pppd arguments" button. I then added "nobsdcomp" and "nodeflate" to this interface (Thanks "jumpedintothe fire" from JustLinux.com). I then clicked the OK button in each of the interfaces that were open and then clicked on the "connect" button and guess what? Ladies and gentlemen, I am typing this response using dial up. Thanks to all of you who helped out. Maybe someone else can benefit from this.

Where is /etc/sysconfig/network in Mandrake 10.1?

No, I didn't try different dns-servers. Can't hurt, right? I did try logging on with wvdial and it would log on and immediately disconnect. According to MCC my firewall is disabled, so I don't know how it could be the cause of the problem. I believe the info from "tail -f /var/log/messages" shown a couple of posts ago hold the key to unlocking the problem. I just don't know enough about linux to interpret the information. It's frustrating.

I'm wondering if this might be a problem with pppd and not my smlink driver? I'd hate for this to be the end of the road on this issue!

Check this out. When I ran tail -f /var/log/messages while I logged on ppp0 and logged off I got: Jan 24 15:59:53 localhost kernel: PPP generic driver version 2.4.2 Jan 24 15:59:53 localhost pppd[12556]: pppd 2.4.2 started by bob, uid 501 Jan 24 15:59:53 localhost pppd[12556]: Using interface ppp0 Jan 24 15:59:53 localhost pppd[12556]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/3 Jan 24 15:59:54 localhost pppd[12556]: PAP authentication succeeded Jan 24 15:59:54 localhost kernel: PPP BSD Compression module registered Jan 24 15:59:54 localhost kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module registered Jan 24 15:59:55 localhost pppd[12556]: Received bad configure-ack: 1a 04 78 00 Jan 24 15:59:55 localhost pppd[12556]: local IP address 167.142.10.131 Jan 24 15:59:55 localhost pppd[12556]: remote IP address 167.142.225.53 Jan 24 15:59:55 localhost pppd[12556]: primary DNS address 167.142.225.3 Jan 24 15:59:58 localhost pppd[12556]: Received bad configure-ack: 1a 04 78 00 Jan 24 16:00:22 localhost last message repeated 8 times Jan 24 16:00:24 localhost pppd[12556]: CCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Jan 24 16:01:00 localhost CROND[12704]: (root) CMD (nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.hourly) Jan 24 16:01:01 localhost kernel: ppp: compressor dropped pkt Jan 24 16:01:34 localhost last message repeated 7 times Jan 24 16:01:37 localhost kernel: ppp: compressor dropped pkt Jan 24 16:01:42 localhost pppd[12556]: Terminating on signal 15. Jan 24 16:01:42 localhost pppd[12556]: Connection terminated. Jan 24 16:01:42 localhost pppd[12556]: Connect time 1.9 minutes. Jan 24 16:01:42 localhost pppd[12556]: Sent 1218 bytes, received 605 bytes. Jan 24 16:01:42 localhost pppd[12556]: Connect time 1.9 minutes. Jan 24 16:01:42 localhost pppd[12556]: Sent 1218 bytes, received 605 bytes. Jan 24 16:01:42 localhost pppd[12556]: Exit.

Yeah, I tried "lynx www.yahoo.com" Same thing as in firefox, mozilla, konqueror...it just hangs at looking for xxx.com I also configured ppp0 in MCC. Same thing. I feel like I'm so close! I'll bet it's just some little configuration somewhere. Too bad! Anybody else have a clue?

According to MCC, I have no firewall. I go to security>firewall and it asks "Which services would you like to allow the internet to connet to?" I have "Everything (no firewall)" checked.

OK, I changed the settings in about:config and it did nothing. Same problem. So, what do I have to do to change mru/mtu packet settings. Besides, if the settings were off for mru/mtu why do browsers work with wifi and ethernet?

I think wireless is wlan0. Anyways, I have used KPPP to try to dial-up and doesn't that use ppp0?

Hi artic, I'll try "about:config" later in the day, however, I have no problem surfing when I am using wifi or ethernet. I'd like to use Linux at work but I don't have broadband, so I need to get dial-up working or I'm stuck with Microsoft!

Thanks anon, I appreciate your help, however, you went a little bit over my head. Could you try to simplify what you found and offer any possible solutions? Thanks again.

Thanks Arthur, Well, if it's a browser setting problem why can I connect with ethernet and wireless? You see, I'd love to use linux at work, but I don't have high speed there. I'd have to dial-up.

I got everything to work setting up my bcm9415m modem. I "modprobe snd-intel8x0m" and it installs just fine. Then I /usr/sbin/slmodemd --country=USA --alsa hw:1 It works. I configured KPPP and the modem comes on line, and tells me I'm connected at 49333!!!! Not bad, BUT I can't connect to any webpages in my browser. I cat /etc/resolv.conf search netins.net nameserver 167.142.225.3 nameserver 167.142.225.5 nameserver 167.142.225.4 I ping google and get: $ ping 216.239.39.99 PING 216.239.39.99 (216.239.39.99) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=242 time=233 ms /sbin/ifconfig shows: $ /sbin/ifconfig lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:104 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:104 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:6530 (6.3 Kb) TX bytes:6530 (6.3 Kb) ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:167.142.11.168 P-t-P:167.142.225.54 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 RX bytes:218 (218.0 b) TX bytes:258 (258.0 b) Now what?

I pinged google and got: $ ping 216.239.39.99 PING 216.239.39.99 (216.239.39.99) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=242 time=233 ms /sbin/ifconfig shows: $ /sbin/ifconfig lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:104 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:104 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:6530 (6.3 Kb) TX bytes:6530 (6.3 Kb) ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:167.142.11.168 P-t-P:167.142.225.54 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 RX bytes:218 (218.0 b) TX bytes:258 (258.0 b) I've started another thread in Networking, Arthur.