![]() last, but not least, zim, for allowing me to put some order into my thoughts.the pppd package because of the pppd, pon and plog commands.the upstream/source package rp-pppoe because it contains the /etc/ppp/pppoe-server-options.pppoe - because it contains the pppoe-server command.qemu-launcher - for being such a good interface for qemu and allowing quick selection of virtual machines.qemu (upstream page here)- for allowing me to create a server, a client machine and a Debian installer machine to test things.These are the tools whose authors and maintainers deserve kudos: I needed this in order to test the changes I am working on for the ppp-udeb Debian installer module that supports (or should I say, should support) configuration of PPPoE connections. I have set up with qemu machines a virtual LAN that is made totally in user space via a TCP socket on port 1234. I don't have an ISP which uses PPPoE or more than a laptop on my desk, but still, thanks to free software, I can test PPPoE installations ( to some degree). I will make another image tonight and make another call. Update: thanks to some people that did the test, I found out that I made some wrong assumptions in my code. I did some tests myself but I can't test everything due to bug #407702 in qemu some screen shots I made in qemu can be found at Please respond as soon as possible (eddy.petrisor at_sign ). loopback interface is configured correctly.permissions are set correctly on the network configuration files and the ppp configuration files (an output of "ls -lR /etc/ppp" in the target would be appreciated).hosts file and host name are set correctly.target system boots fine with the PPPoE connection set up correctly.transitory problems when trying to do the initial connection (cable unplugged or PPPoE server down) should be detected. ![]() bad/good login should be detected (good logins are silent).What should be (or would be nice to be :-) ) checked: In order to test, just boot the image (no boot parameters are needed) and try to do a basic installation via PPPoE. (Security concerned people can check the signature and md5sums and go on, if they trust me :-) ) So I am asking if there are people interested in testing the image I have prepared with the new ppp-udeb package. Still, I am confident it should just work. I think I have finished fixing the last bad bits from the ppp-udeb package, but currently I am unable to do a test of a complete installation due to bug #407702 in qemu. I have been working recently on an update to the ppp-udeb package (responsible for configuring PPPoE networking in D-I and the target system). (Stop the tests for now, it seems I made a mistake.
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