Bug 22890

Summary:	fix rh ppp "failed to active interface"
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Rui Li <ruili>
Component:	ppp	Assignee:	Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin>
Status:	CLOSED DEFERRED	QA Contact:	Aaron Brown <abrown>
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Version:	7.0
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Description Rui Li 2000-12-27 19:09:49 UTC

after create an account by using dialup configuration.
the debug works fine. but can not use RH PPP Dialer.
it return the message "failed to active interface"

here is how to fix it

1. use dialup configuration to create your account.
2. click on edit
3. click on advanced
3. make sure "let ppp do all autoentication" is checked.
4. make sure "Bring link up and down automaticlly" is un-checked!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
then, the ppp will works fine. 
if you select "Bring link up and down automaticlly"
then you will get the error message "failed to active interface"
under RH ppp Dialer but you still can dial out by using "debug" 
function under dialup configuration.

Comment 1 John J. Germs 2001-01-04 01:23:22 UTC

**I posted this information in bug  21667**
**But it applies strongly to this Summary**

I have had a similar problem which I noticed when 7 first came out ... The
reason I didn't mention anything earlier was it suddenly worked one day, so I
dismissed it as something I did. Well.. I recently did a fresh install and the
same thing happened.(failed to activate interface)..... 
Another thing that was interesting was if I entered my dns numbers in Network
Configurator I would be able to open Netscape and go to an address after the rp3
failed to activate.... What would happen was it would dial out...strange.
Turns out the reason I got it working before was I downloaded and compiled a 2.4
kernel, booted with it and tried the Dailup Configuration utility from scratch
again. That's all it took. Once I had this interface working I tried booting
from the stock 2.2.16-22 kernel and it worked without any problems as well.
I did not change authentication or the link at all...It is still at the
defaults.

...G...

Comment 2 Nalin Dahyabhai 2001-01-16 02:31:01 UTC

Looks like the demand-dialing support isn't working right.  Please go to the
advanced options dialog in rp3-config and switch off "Bring link up and down
automatically".  We'll disable this default setting in rp3 until we fix it.