Re: [gentoo-user] ppp-gentoo woes cont'd

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Mick wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 Mar 2012 08:59:18 Mick wrote:
>> On Wednesday 21 Mar 2012 03:00:50 Maxim Wexler wrote:
>>>> This brings back nightmares.  It's been a while since I used dial-up
>>>> but this sounds like a permissions issue.  Check /etc/group and see if
>>>> you are in ALL the following groups:
>>>>
>>>> tty
>>>> uucp
>>>> dialout
>>>> utmp
>>>
>>> They're all in the file, if that's what you mean.
>>
>> No, he means that your user is a member of the above groups.
>>
>> In my laptop (no analogue modem available) my user is only a member of
>> uucp.
>>
>>>> You can also check the permissions of the ttyS<some number here> to see
>>>> what it is.  Mine is uucp.  You shouldn't have to create a group so
>>>> work with what you got for now.  My devices are set to this:
>>>>
>>>> root@fireball / # ls -al /dev/ttyS*
>>>> crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 64 Mar 20 19:01 /dev/ttyS0
>>>> crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 65 Mar 20 16:12 /dev/ttyS1
>>>> crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 66 Mar 20 16:12 /dev/ttyS2
>>>> crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 67 Mar 20 16:12 /dev/ttyS3
>>>> root@fireball / #
>>>
>>> lumby syzygy # ls -al /dev/ttyUSB0
>>> crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 188, 0 Mar 20 16:25 /dev/ttyUSB0
>>> lumby syzygy #
>>
>> You also need to be a member of the usb group.
> 
> I forgot - also need to be a member of plugdev I believe.


Good points.  I remember running into this and I'm pretty sure I had to
add myself to the uucp group.  That was only after I beat my head
against the wall for a few hours with the other groups tho.  Remembering
to logout and back in is what really drove me nuts.  I didn't know that
at first.

I would suggest using Kppp if you can, at least until you get it
working.  There is a way to turn on logging in there that can help give
hints.

Thanks Mick for pointing out what I missed.

Dale

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