[techtalk] modem help

[Norma Armstrong]

You have to open up a file named options (in a text editor) that is located
in the /etc/ppp/options directory and remove the line that says "lock". Save
it to disk and it will be fine. Any of the editors in KDE should work fine
for that.


                               Norma

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-techtalk at linuxchix.org
> [mailto:owner-techtalk at linuxchix.org]On Behalf Of Chris Ritsert
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 5:53 PM
> To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
> Subject: [techtalk] modem help
>
>
> I am a newbie and am having a problem setting up my modem.  When I go to
> kppp I get an error message that says:
>
> "kppp has detected a "lock" option in /etc/ppp/options.  This
> option has to
> be removed since kppp takes care of the device locking itself.
> Contact your
> system admin."
>
> Can anyone help me?
>
> Chris
>
>
>
>
>
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