[ale] Q: How to set up manual dialup in SuSE-10.2

[johnmills at speakeasy.net (John Mills)]

ALErs -

I have a working SuSE-10.2 on a Dell laptop, but I'm having trouble 
getting PPP dialup to work.

First, the YAST Network tool cautions that NetworkManager is enabled and 
suggests my using kinternet instead. It does accept and apparently saves 
configurations for my dialup ISPs, but I have no idea how to make it dial 
a connection and set up the routing using NetworkManager.

Error messages suggest it's unable to connect to smpppd. NetworkManager, 
NetworkManagerDispatcher, and smpppd all seem to be running.

So, I captured a copy of the kinternet RPM for openSuSE-10.2 and installed 
it. With or without NetworkManager enabled, kinternet logs a pppd option 
error, but I have no idea which error or how to debug it.

The system works fine on ethernet, which suggests the underlying ipc 
mechanisms are OK -- just no luck attaching by phone.

TIA for any suggestions on sorting this out.

 - John Mills