Description of problem: DEVICETYPE should be set to ppp when TYPE is xDSL in network-functions. Without that, DEVICE needs to be a string starting with ppp to be recognized as a ppp device. Note that it doesn't make much sense to have the DEVICE set to ppp0 (for example). If many ppp devices are defined, ppp0 will be the first one started regardless of what DEVICE is set too. AFAICT the only other use of that field is in ip-up (or more precisely ip-up.local) scripts. In such case I would like to use something other than ppp to distinguish between the different types of connections (internet, tunnel, etc...) I define. The change is quite trivial, but I'm attaching a diff just to clarify what I mean. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a new xDSL 2. Set DEVICE to internet (for example) 3. ifup internet Actual results: The ppp connection is not started. Expected results: pppd started Additional info:
Created attachment 101214 [details] patch as mentioned in description
Added in CVS, will be in 7.58-1.