At 12.42 22/09/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi,
> I just installed SuSE 6.2 on a dual celeron box (366 overclocked to
>550 each) however when I recompiled the kernel (2.2.10) for smp support,
>my modem started giving problems. Below is the error message I get when
>I try to dial my local ISP.
>
>>pppd 2.3.8 started by root, uid 0
>>ioctl (PPPIOCGUNIT): Operation not permitted(1)
>>tcsetattr: Operation not permitted
>>exit
>
> It worked fine when the kernel wasn't supporting smp. The modem is a
>US Robotics Sportster 33.6 external. Has anyone on this list ever come
>across this before ?
You have to add the PPP option as <M> (module) with make menuconfig in the
.config file before compiling the kernel (not as <*> since it does not
support all he functions).
You have also to recompile the modules and not only the kernel as indicated
in:
http://www.suse.de/sdb/en/html/maddin_smp.html
Hope this helps.
Ciao.
Bye ... Paolo
My home page is: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/1453/
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