Re: Idiot needs PPP help

From: Kenward Vaughan (kay_jay_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 02/16/04

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    On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 02:16:55PM -0000, stephen HARGREAVES wrote:
    > Hi all
    >
    > OK - I'm an idiot - but now I'm an idiot with a problem.
    >
    > After a crash, I rebooted to find that some of the ppp files had vanished.
    > No problem, I thought - uninstall ppp and re-install from my installation
    > disk - except it doesn't (re-install) and now I have no dial up from linux.
    >
    > Is there any way I can recover this situation without a fresh install of the
    > system?

    Why won't it reinstall? Are you using apt-get? If so, trash that
    idea, mount the CD, find the ppp .deb file, and reinstall using dpkg.

    On the other hand, I think apt-get _can_ do it... with a "--reinstall"
    option: 'apt-get --reinstall install foo.deb' Try it and see if it
    barfs.

    HTH,

    Kenward 

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