From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jan 5 0: 9:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (dynamic-30.max4-du-ws.dialnetwork.pavilion.co.uk [212.74.9.158]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98C4614D54 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 00:09:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.12]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA90821; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 08:07:49 GMT (envelope-from brian@lan.awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost.lan.Awfulhak.org [127.0.0.1]) by hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA13512; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 08:11:22 GMT (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <200001050811.IAA13512@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.0 09/18/1999 To: "Marco Paulo Rodrigues" Cc: "Brian Somers" , "Marco Paulo Rodrigues" , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: PPPOED in rc.conf In-Reply-To: Message from "Marco Paulo Rodrigues" of "Tue, 04 Jan 2000 22:20:40 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 08:11:21 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'd suggest you put a ``set -x'' and ``set +x'' pair around the pppoed invocation in rc.network, and see how pppoed is being kicked off. Perhaps you have an older version of pppoed than rc.network ? > filled out everything properly, this is what I have right now.. > > [01/04/00 17:14:24] [drkangel@fartos:~] grep pppoed /etc/defaults/rc.conf > > pppoed_enable="YES" # Run the PPP over Ethernet daemon. > pppoed_provider="*" # Provider and ppp(8) config file entry. > pppoed_flags="-P /var/run/pppoed.pid" # Flags to pppoed (if enabled). > pppoed_interface="ed1" # The interface that pppoed runs on. > > unless there is something I should be putting in pppoed provider I don't > know what else. Everything works fine with ppp, just wondering why they have > pppoed in the rc.conf, must do something special :) > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Brian Somers > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 3:49 AM > To: Marco Paulo Rodrigues > Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org > Subject: Re: PPPOED in rc.conf > > > [.....] > > I can get pppoe to work fine with ppp and I have a life connection. > > Anyways my problem is when I enable pppoed in the rc.conf file then when I > > boot I don't get an error message, but I notice it shows the pppoed > > command and the sytnax as if I typed an invalid switch. Anyone with any > > ideas? > > What does `fgrep pppoed /etc/rc.conf` say ? You usually need to set > pppoed_interface as well as pppoed_enable. > > > Marco Paulo Rodrigues > > Junior Unix Systems Operator > > Pathway Communications > > email: marco.rodrigues@pathcom.com -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message