In article , Nicholas wrote:

>I am tring to get my modem in my Toshiba A60 laptop working with SUSE 9.2

OK - what is the exact tool that5 you are using to try to connect?

>Still get the same problem, just as it stats to connect it disconnects
>with(error code 2)

The problem is that you're not telling us what tool you are using, and
thus where to look for the error. For example, the man page for pppd says

2 An error was detected in processing the options
given, such as two mutually exclusive options being
used.

and that would mean you need to look at the options you are passing to
pppd.

>Any help will be appreciated... I'm pulling my hair out!!

http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
http://www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html

Sorry, but we really need more information. Also, you would do better to
post to a more widely distributed newsgroup. "comp.os.linux.help" was
renamed 'comp.os.linux.misc' back in 1994, so only a few news servers
even carry the group any more. Another alternative would be the group
alt.os.linux.suse - which while an 'alternative' newsgroup, is much
more widely distributed.

Old guy

Thanks for your reply, here is what the log tells me

SuSE Meta pppd (smpppd-ifcfg), Version 1.5 on linux
Status is: disconnected
trying to connect to smpppd
connect to smpppd
Status is: disconnected
Status is: connecting
Status is: disconnected
pppd[0] died: pppd options error (exit code 2)

I am using the KDE interface, internet and dial up. I believe this is a
problem with my modem, but am not sure. I have read that Toshiba laptops do
have this trouble and the chipset is Agere/Lucent. After I found that SuSE
9.2 has these drivers as well as a generic driver that I have read on the
net is compatable, that one also comes with SuSE 9.2 (its called
smartlink-softmodem) I choose to install these from the YaST software setup.
Could you please advise me on how to install the Lucent Driver? the commands
and such.

Thanks

"Moe Trin" wrote in message
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> In article , Nicholas wrote:
>
>>I am tring to get my modem in my Toshiba A60 laptop working with SUSE 9.2
>
> OK - what is the exact tool that5 you are using to try to connect?
>
>>Still get the same problem, just as it stats to connect it disconnects
>>with(error code 2)
>
> The problem is that you're not telling us what tool you are using, and
> thus where to look for the error. For example, the man page for pppd says
>
> 2 An error was detected in processing the options
> given, such as two mutually exclusive options being
> used.
>
> and that would mean you need to look at the options you are passing to
> pppd.
>
>>Any help will be appreciated... I'm pulling my hair out!!
>
> http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
> http://www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
>
> Sorry, but we really need more information. Also, you would do better to
> post to a more widely distributed newsgroup. "comp.os.linux.help" was
> renamed 'comp.os.linux.misc' back in 1994, so only a few news servers
> even carry the group any more. Another alternative would be the group
> alt.os.linux.suse - which while an 'alternative' newsgroup, is much
> more widely distributed.
>
> Old guy
>

In article , Nicholas wrote:

>SuSE Meta pppd (smpppd-ifcfg), Version 1.5 on linux

That's a SuSE specific "tool"

>pppd[0] died: pppd options error (exit code 2)

>> 2 An error was detected in processing the options
>> given, such as two mutually exclusive options being
>> used.
>>
>> and that would mean you need to look at the options you are passing to
>> pppd.

The man page for pppd lists nearly 170 different options. Something in your
setup is wrong. You could be telling pppd that you want to use /dev/ttyS0
and ALSO telling it that you want to use /dev/ttyS2 - so pppd is throwing
up it's hands and saying "What do you really want to do?"

>I am using the KDE interface, internet and dial up. I believe this is a
>problem with my modem, but am not sure.

No, pppd hasn't tried to speak to your modem yet. It found an error in the
options you are telling it to use.

Try posting to either 'alt.os.linux.suse' or 'comp.os.linux.networking' (but
not both). Look carefully at the setup you are using, and write down the
exact options you are using. You can look these up in the man page, and
that should give you a clue which one is wrong, or conflicting. No one can
help you without knowing what options you are trying to use. You can try
putting the following three options either in the tool you are trying to use,
or in the file /etc/ppp/options

dump
debug
logfile /tmp/ppp.log.4.12.2005

which should put desired information into that file.

Old guy