On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, Erik Steffl wrote:
> Sebastiaan wrote: > ... > > have you installed modutils-2.4.1 and the new ppp package from woody? You > > will need those if you want to run 2.4 kernels. > > yes, I've got everything from unstable (modutils 2.4.2 and pppd 2.4.0) Strange. I have ppp_generic, with ppp_deflate, bsd_comp and ppp_async making use of that. I compiled my kernel with: CONFIG_PPP=m CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC=m CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE=m CONFIG_PPP_SYNC=m CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP=m My aliasses are the same. Hope it helps, Sebastiaan > > > If you take a look at /lib/modules/2.4.1 you will notice that the > > arcitecture has changed. Temporarily you should be able to manually insmod > > the needed ppp drivers. > > I noticed that it changed but can't make any sense of it. there is no > ppp module anymore. I'll try to load ppp_generic manually (as soon as I > can) but it does not make sense anyway - what should I do to fix it? I > have the same setup as Changes document in kernel tree suggests yet it > does not work... > > btw why does modprobe look for ppp0? shouldn't it look for > char-major-108? which is aliased to ppp_generic. > > thanks, > > erik > > > On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > > > I have compiled 2.4.1 kernel with ppp (async) support but here's what > > > I get when running pon: > > > > > > Mar 8 11:13:43 azar modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0 > > > > > > and pppd fails to connect. I can conect when using 2.2.18something so > > > ppp scripts are fine. > > > > > > here's the relevant part of /etc/modules.conf: > > > > > > alias char-major-108 ppp_generic > > > alias /dev/ppp ppp_generic > > > alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async > > > alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty > > > alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp > > > alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate > > > alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate > > > > > > and here's the list of ppp* modules: > > > > > > /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_generic.o > > > /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_async.o > > > /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.o > > > > > > there's no ppp.o but there's also no ppp.c under kernel sources > > > (unlike in 2.2.x kernels), I guess ppp_generic takes place of ppp? but > > > the modules.conf quote above is same as the one supplied in kernel > > > source tree under Documentation/Changes, should I add something like > > > alias ppp ppp_generic? I thought the first alias (char-major-108) would > > > take care of that. > > > > > > any ideas? TIA > > > > > > erik > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
