But then why it is distributed by RH6.1 with 2.2.12 kernel ?
Anyway, it seems to work fine for me despite the complain.
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Bruley, Peter wrote:
> /dev/ppp is used for the new 2.3.15 and newer linux kernels. Pppd
> v2.3.10 is made for use with these newer kernels that are under
> development. There is a readme for LINUX that comes with 2.3.10 source
> (see: ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp ) that explains everything.
>
> It seems that as of pppd v2.3.9 that the remote ip address is
> not required anymore.
>
> The short of it is: get v2.3.8 of pppd and you will be okay.
>
> Peter
>
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> From: fred smith [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 10:06 PM
> To: 'Diald mailing list'
> Subject: Re: char-major-108
>
> On Wed, Oct 27, 1999 at 12:33:58PM -0500, James McGill wrote:
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> > On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, fred smith wrote:
> >
> > > modprobe: can't locate module char-major-108
> >
> > My guess is that you didn't delete your modules
> > directory before building.
>
> Nope, I followed the instructions (as I have previously) in the
> RH
> manual for building and installing a kernel.
>
> > This refers to character device with the identifier 108[,0]
> > which is /dev/ppp so you might have to do something like
> > mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
>
> What is /dev/ppp, and why would I need one now when I didn't
> need
> it before?? And how do you KNOW that is /dev/ppp? By which I
> mean:
> HOW COULD I FIGURE IT OUT FOR MYSELF?
>
> Fred
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