Kernel.Howto avaible under /usr/doc or www.linux.org click support, click howto. It is worth the read. If there is no linux or linux2.0.35 dir in /usr/src that means you don't have the source installed. It should be on one of the RedHat cd's find it and do a rpm -i file. This will 'install' the source under /usr/doc then go from there. Tip, if you get a configure option wrong, do a `make clean` to start over from scratch Juan Pablo Sales wrote: > > Thanks. But I do not know how to compile it into the kernel. I have read a > file called README.linux in the directory /usr/doc/ppp2.3.5, but I could not > find the comands to configure and make the Kernel. Also I did not find the > kernel source code in /usr/src (it is empty) > > Juan Pablo Sales > Montevideo > Uruguay > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Jack Barnett wrote: > > > Compile it directly into the kernel. > > > > >Juan Pablo Sales wrote: > > > > > > I have re-instaled Red Hat 5.2 on a larger drive. Now, when I try to > > > dial my ISP I get a message saying that the kernel lacks support for > > > ppp. > > > I tried with dmseg and I does not show any line about ppp, but rpm says > > > that the package is installed. > > > How do I make the kernel to recognize ppp? > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > Juan Pablo Sales > > > Montevideo > > > Uruguay > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]