From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98) Description of problem: I recently upgraded from RH 7.0 to 7.1. Now the PPP Dialer applet does not attempt dial my ISP. After selecting my ISP, it just spins its wheels for several seconds, fails, and then presents the usual tiny status window with the big connect button. However, if I go into the Dialup Configuration applet and click on the Debug button after selecting my ISP, it dials up my ISP and connects perfectly. (In fact, that's my workaround until I can get this PPP Dialer issue resolved.) I did notice that two ppp-watch processes are kicked off when I attempt to use the PPP Dialer program to connect to my ISP. I've seen some references to similar ppp-watch issues, but I haven't seen anyone specifically address the PPP Dialer applet. Thanks for your help. - B Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Invoke the PPP Dialer applet from Start|Programs|Internet 2. Select your usual ISP 3. Click the button to connect 4. When prompted for verification, click OK 5. Progress bar will flitter back and forth, but nothing will happen for several seconds. 6. Dialer will time out, displaying a message box indicating failure. 7. Click OK. 8. The standard tiny progress window with the big connect button (green dot) will pop up, acting like nothing has happened and waiting for you to try to connect. 9. Clicking the connect button at this point will continue to result in failure. Actual Results: PPP Dialer will never dial the ISP. Expected Results: It should have dialed and connected, just as it did in previous releases. Additional info: Invoke the Dialup Configuration applet and select the connection line for your ISP. Click on the Debug button, and the applet will dial up the ISP and connect without a hitch ... which is exactly what it should do. For some reason, the connection works here, but not through the PPP Dialer, which looks at exactly the same connection data.
Please verify this with a newer version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Fedora Core and reopen it against the new version if it still occurs. Closing as "not a bug" for now.