Dial-up users of gnome-ppp in antiX 11 (and earlier versions) may experience immediate disconnect if crucial dial-up files are restricted to root-only privileges. This is probably the problem with a new install of antiX if (a) you can dial-up successfully after configuring gnome-ppp, and (b) after the connection is made, you get an immediate disconnect, and (c) invoking gnome-ppp as root produces a stable connection.

If this disconnect as a regular user happens (particularly with an error code of"2"), try giving access to these files to members of"group dip" (which the user usually already belongs to). The procedure is simple:

1) Open a terminal and enter"su" (without quotes) and the root password to achieve a root prompt.

2) At the root prompt enter the following commands:

# chown root:dip /etc/ppp <enter>
# chown root:dip /etc/ppp/options <enter>
# chown root:dip /etc/ppp/peers <enter>
# chown root:dip /etc/ppp/peers/provider <enter>

3) Close the terminal and launch gnome-ppp as a regular user.