[expert] Stupid kppp problem

1999-12-11 Thread Thomas J. Hamman 

Okay, this isn't hindering me in any way but is annoying.

I was using the original Helios kernel (2.2.13-7mdk?) and upgraded to the
22mdk kernel, and did everything right (not the first time I've upgraded
kernels, and everything else was fine), except that kppp pops up a window
with this message when I run it:

-
This kernel has no PPP support, neither compiled in nor via the kernel
module loader.
 
To solve this problem: 
* contact your system administrator
or
* install a kernel with PPP support
-

I contacted my system administrator (i.e. myself :) ), and myself told me
that indeed the ppp modules are there.  In fact, when I connected with
kppp everything worked fine.  When I connected it spat this message to my
xterm:

Couldn't find interface ppp0: No such device

And yet it worked anyway.

I have since:

1. Tried the 2.2.14-1mdk kernel from Cooker
2. Tried a fresh install of Cooker (THAT was a mistake :) )
3. Tried a fresh install of Helios (with upgraded kernel)
4. Tried compiling either Cooker or updated Helios kernel (can't remember
which) but it failed with an error during make
5. Successfully a compiled a standard 2.2.13 kernel from the net, with PPP
support built in instead of as a module.  This is what I'm using now.

Throughout all of these different kernel situations, the aforementioned
error message from kppp has persisted.

So nothing's actually broken, because I still connect and it works fine,
but kppp continues to tell me it's broken no matter what.  Not a big deal,
but annoying.  Can anyone tell me why it's doing that and how to make it
stop?

-Tom

Re: [expert] Stupid kppp problem

1999-12-11 Thread David Hart 

On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Thomas J. Hamman wrote:
 So nothing's actually broken, because I still connect and it works fine,
 but kppp continues to tell me it's broken no matter what.  Not a big deal,
 but annoying.  Can anyone tell me why it's doing that and how to make it
 stop?

I don't have a solution, but I have had exactly the same problem since
building a custom 2.2.13 final on my LM 6.1 w/ everything install. On my
system, I only get the message the first time I use KPPP after a reboot. Seems
that once the ppp_deflate module has loaded, it doesn't give the message. Also
doesn't give the message if I'm root the first time I run it.

 -- 
David Hart
Vincity Design
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