KPPP

[Mark Greenwood]

On Tuesday 17 Nov 2009 18:30:37 Homer wrote:
> Fresh install of 9.10.  In the past when I have done fresh installs,
> I've been able to copy over my kppprc file and everything picked up
> where I left off.  This time I'm experiencing something different...
> 
> 1.  When I start KPPP I have to enter my password.  How can I set it
> up so it runs as a regular user?

KPPP needs root permissions because PPP needs root permissions. If it worked differently before then lord knows how they did that.

> 
> 2.  After a few moments I get the following nastygram "Error launching
> /usr/share/applications/kde4/Kppp.desktop. Either KLauncher is not
> running anymore, or it failed to start the application."  Clicking OK
> seems to let me continue, but...

It does that to me too. Usually shutting it down and starting it up again sorts it out. I think something underneath is taking too long to initialise but I haven't investigated what.

> 
> 3.  When I then try and configure KPPP, the OK button stays grayed out
> so I can't save anything.
> 
> 4.  Copying over my old kppprc file doesn't seem to do anything.
> 
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