I thank everyone for their help.
> So, to solve your problems, try the following (please do it from
> command line)
> pppd
>
> (this should, at least, load the module "ppp", check with lsmod)
> if the module is loaded, your kernel/module system is working fine.
> to kill the pppd process, "killall pppd"
This is exactly what happened:
[root@localhost /root]# lsmod
Module Pages Used by
nls_cp437 1 1 (autoclean)
[root@localhost /root]# pppd
~ÿ}#À!}!}!} }.}%}&¼ÜkÊ}'}"}(}"Ž}%~~ÿ}#À!}!}!}
[more garbage]
%~[root@localhost /root]#
[root@localhost /root]# depmod -a
[root@localhost /root]# lsmod
Module Pages Used by
slhc 2 0 (autoclean)
nls_cp437 1 1 (autoclean)
[root@localhost /root]# pppd
~ÿ}#À!}!}!} }.}%}&}&ú[d}'}"}(}"Õr~~ÿ}#À!}!}!}
[more garbage]
Õr~[root@localhost /root]# lsmod
Module Pages Used by
ppp 5 0 (autoclean)
slhc 2 [ppp] 0 (autoclean)
nls_cp437 1 1 (autoclean)
[root@localhost /root]#
What are slhc and nls_cp437?
Anyway, I guess PPP is OK (or isn't it?). Unless there is something else that I am
missing, I should be able to focus on the modem now and get that working. Then I can
come back to ppp if things still do not work. Does the above look OK to anyone?
Thanks again
Idris
