knet wrote: > DaZZa wrote: > >> On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, DaZZa wrote: >> >> >>>> please help once more.. >>>> Having problems getting ppp.o to compile in 2.4.18, and its not >>>> present in >>>> any of the /lib/modules/2.4.18/.... directories. As a result can't >>>> dial >>>> modem and thus have to use other OS to do this. >>>> where is the option in kernel config to get this to compile?, I've >>>> tried >>>> all sorts of switches, and still not happening. >>>> (maybe another mandrake 7.2 thing?) >>>> >>> cd /usr/src/linux >>> make menuconfig >>> Network Device Support >>> >>> <M> PPP (point-to-point protocol) support >>> [ ] PPP Multilink support (EXPERMIENTAL) >>> [ ] PPP Filtering >>> <M> PPP support for async serial ports >>> < > PPP support for sync tty ports >>> <M> PPP deflate compression >>> <M> PPP BSD-Compress compression >>> >>> Selecting those options and recompiling without changing any other >>> options >>> _should_ make ppp work. >>> >> >> Whups. I forgot to add that you must do >> >> make modules >> >> & >> >> make modules_install >> >> to get this to work. > > > > You may also want/need something like the following in /etc/modules.conf: > > alias char-major-108 ppp_async > alias ppp0 ppp_async > alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp > alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate > alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate
Of course, what I forgot to mention was that these are only useful once you've followed DaZZa's instructions. These will quieten complaints such as "Can't locate module ppp-compress-21". - knet -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
