Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 16 Aug 1999 21:30:34 -0600 | From | TimO <> | Subject | Re: PPP & 2.3.13 |
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TimO wrote: > > Heinz -- > Are you using ppp-2.3.9 which is required for 2.3.13??
> > Heinz Diehl wrote: > > > > On Sat Aug 14 1999, TimO wrote: > > > > > > I built 2.3.13 last night. I _DID_ select the > > > > PPP over async serial port option. When I tried to start pppd, > > > > it told me the kernel did not contain ppp support. > > > > Here it is exactly the same behaviour. > > > > > I 'think' the correct fix for this is "mknod 640 /dev/ppp 108 0" > > > Hopefully I will get corrected if this is wrong. > > > Whoops, that should be mknod 640 /dev/ppp c 108 0
Another booger I make; drop the mode (640). ie mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0 Starting pppd is supposed to create the device automatically: I know that it doesn't for me, but creating it manually gets rid of the 'no kernel support'.
--- Tim > > > > No, it doesn't work. > > > > Here, the error-log says "the kernel is not configured for PPP or the > > kernel modules are not loaded." > > I've set > > > > CONFIG_PPP=y > > CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC=y > > CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE=m > > CONFIG_PPP_COMPRESS=m > > > > so the kernel-support for PPP should be there, but it isn't. > > > > Greetings, Heinz. > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > -- Tim
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