Frustrating, I swear I didn't see it, I reconfigured it at least 10 times,
because it kept compiling to an error. Do some kernels (this one was in
the 2.0.8 range) not include ppp support in the config file? Can I add it
as a module or should I just recompile?
David
On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Dan Cyr wrote:
>
> You missed it. =)
>
> Network device support --->
> <*> PPP (point-to-point) support
>
>
> Keep truckin..
>
>
> Dan
>
> At 11:42 AM 6/2/98 -0600, you wrote:
> >First, I want to say thanks to everyone that gave me a hand with the
> >lilo.conf, it worked and I can make a clean boot to the new kernel. I'm
> >glad I know how to do it. But, one of the reasons that I spent the time
> >to compile a new kernel (besides the useful knowledge) was to incorporate
> >the ppp into the kernel.
> >
> >In the previous kernel, the ppp was not installed. If I gave the command
> >dmesg | grep -i ppp it returned nothing, so I was lead to believe that ppp
> >was not compiled in. In the new kernel I built, I made sure I selected
> >the TCP/IP settings, it never asked me specifically for ppp, but I figured
> >it was included in the TCP/IP settings. Well, as soon as I get my new
> >kernel up and running I gave the dmesg | grep -i ppp command and again it
> >returned nothing. Did it not compile the ppp into the kernel? Or is that
> >the wrong command? What did I miss? Can the ppp be added as a module to
> >the kernel? I would eventually like to connect to the outside world using
> >Linux, but it's been one adventure after another to get there. I'm not
> >complaining too much, because I'm getting a great amount of experience
> >with the OS itself, but I would like to get online from Linux.
> >
> >David
>
>
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