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Title: kPPP: pppd daemon died unexpectedly

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kPPP: pppd daemon died unexpectedly

Applies to

SuSE Linux: Versions since 6.0

Symptom:

After dialing with kPPP the error message occurs: "The pppd daemon died unexpectedly"

Cause:

kPPP as well as the PPP demon itself try to lock the modem device. But only the first one is allowed to do so, in this case it is kPPP.

Solution:

Please edit the file /etc/ppp/options and disable the option "lock" by using comment sign #. The line should look like this:
# lock

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Keywords: KPPP, PPPD

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Categories: PPP

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SDB-kukuk_kppp, Copyright SuSE GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany - Version: 25. Feb 1999
Impressum - Last generated: 25. Feb 1999 19:59:21 by cep with sdb_gen 1.00.0