On Sunday 07 January 2001 02:20 pm, you wrote:
> Brian Hartman wrote:
> > On Sunday 07 January 2001 11:02 am, you wrote:
> > > Specifically mod-utils . . . and what else? According to the
> > > following URL: http://home.tampabay.rr.com/jandr/Mandrake.htm
> > > That is all which is needed. What other updated packages are
> > > necessary? I am also have the problems with finding modules!
> > >
> > > Oh, and what need to be done for Aurora to work with the new kernel?
> > >
> > > Thx,
> > > Robert Fox
> >
> > I'm also having a problem with pppd. When I do the MandrakeUpdate, it
> > tells me I can't dial out because I don't have pppd installed. Also,
> > does someone know how to trim down the kernel boot menu. Mine's a mess
> > now! :(
>
> did you install pppd-2.4.0? And according to the README.linux file you
> need to create a /dev/ppp device if you don't have one.
>
> mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
> chmod 600 /dev/ppp
>
> and you have to edit your /etc/modules.conf or /etc/conf.modules to contain
> the following:
>
> alias /dev/ppp ppp_generic
> alias char-major-108 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
>
> That should do it.
Hi,
I followed the instructions here, but it still doesn't work for me. It's
giving me an exit status of 1, even when I run kppp as root.
