On Sat, 02 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> >%_I installed the PPPoE client (PPP over ethernet, which is the stupid thing my
>ADSL provider). I started the pppd and had the
> following error message in the /var/log/messages file:
>
> Oct 2 01:30:35 mandrake modprobe: can't locate module char-major-108
> Oct 2 01:30:35 mandrake pppd[887]: pppd 2.3.9 started by root, uid 0
> Oct 2 01:30:35 mandrake pppd[887]: Using interface ppp0
> Oct 2 01:30:35 mandrake pppd[887]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/1 (Note:
> sometime it is /dev/pts/0 or /dev/pts/2)
> Oct 2 01:30:35 mandrake pppd[887]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
> Oct 2 01:30:35 mandrake pppd[887]: write: warning: Input/output error (5)
> Oct 2 01:30:35 mandrake pppd[887]: Modem hangup
> Oct 2 01:30:35 mandrake pppd[887]: Connection terminated.
>
> Could someone also tell me what is device is /dev/pts and char-major-108?
>
/dev/pts is the new ttys that comes from the Unix98 standard. it is enabled in
the kernel. and the module for char-major-108 is from the latest pppd and is
made for the 2.3 series of kernels.
Michael Irving
ps. Can you PLEASE stop using that font windows-1252 or tell me where to get it
as I get an error message everytime a message originates from you.
