You need to run pppsetup first to get the files in order. Once you run that, 
slackware uses ppp-on and ppp-off to start/stop...


On Sunday 20 February 2005 08:42, Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:
> I want my bouncing cow, darn it, so it looks as if I'll have to switch to
> Gnome to get it since I can't get it to work in KDE. The problem now is
> that I can't find a way to connect to the internet in Gnome. I've tried the
> modem lights applet and it has problems with the ppp-on script.
>
> I found the ppp-on script and added the info for telephone number,
> password, etc. When I click on modem lights to connect I get the error
> message "Failed to execute child process. No such file or directory.
>
> I've never used Gnome, but I used Debian once and liked that I could just
> type "pon" and poff" to connect and disconnect. I get the impression there
> are a number of files in /etc/ppp that pon needs that may not be there, and
> maybe permission issues, too. Is there a way I can do pon and poff in
> Slackware or else get the modem lights working?
>
>
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