Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Feb 2000 17:16:19 -0500 | From | willy@thepuffi ... | Subject | Re: 2.3.43 breaks pppd! (SOLVED, possible config gotcha) |
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On Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 04:53:48PM -0500, Paul Barton-Davis wrote: > Look, I wasn't trying to make a big deal out of this, but let me try > again: using a kernel with KMOD configured, I had PPP running just > fine, with 4 modules: > > ppp_generic > ppp_async > 2 compression modules > > When I compiled the kernel again without KMOD, PPP will not work, > because it requires manual loading of the modules. I think we all > agree on that, and thats fine with me.
But you haven't _told_ modprobe about the dependencies involved here. You're right that it can't be worked out automatically, but we have static information in /etc/modules.conf; for example the post-install and pre-remove options have the right functionality here, as I understand the problem.
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