Problems with ADSL, HELP PLEASE.

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KaLeRO wrote:
> Hello, I'm attempting to connect fedora to internet (adsl). When I type 
> "ifup ppp0" to connect to internet (the adsl usb modem is already 
> activated, since I boot fedora) I obtain the next message:
> /sbin/adsl-start: line 217:  3821 Terminated              $CONNECT "$@" 
>  >/dev/null 2>&1
>  
> (The number before "Terminated" changes every time i type "ifup ppp0")
> I'm a beginner in Linux and I don't know what it can be, but i attempted 
> to type "vi /sbin/adsl-start" and go to line 217
> The line 217 is the next one:
> rm -f "$PIDFILE" "$PIDFILE.pppd" "$PIDFILE.pppoe" "$PIDFILE.start"
>  
> And before that line there are some thing like that (but there are more 
> things):
> [ "$DEBUG" = "1" ] && $ECHO "TIMED OUT" >& 2
> # Timed out! Kill the adsl-connect process and quit
> kill $CONNECT_PID > /dev/null 2>&1
> # Clean up PIDFILE(s)
> rm -f "$PIDFILE" "$PIDFILE.pppd" "$PIDFILE.pppoe" 
> "$PIDFILE.start"                         <---------- This is line 217
>  
> I don't know what's happening and I would like to be able to connect 
> fedora to internet. Thank you.
>  
> (PD: Sorry if my english is so bad :P)

1. Read the DSL-HOWTO
2. Read the data provided by your ADSL provider / ISP
3. Go to step 1 and repeat 1 thru 3 until you get it working