[3630] in RedHat Linux List
Re: kernel lacks PPP support?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hart)
Sat Nov 9 18:14:32 1996
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 10:11:50 +1100 (EST)
From: Robert Hart <hartr@interweft.com.au>
Reply-To: Robert Hart <iweft@ipax.com.au>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.91.961109114633.20103A-100000@hummock.colorado.edu>
Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com
On Sat, 9 Nov 1996, Todd Hutchinson wrote:
>
> I've been trying to install ppp and have not had any success. I have
> edited the ppp-on script to my situation (phone numbers all that stuff).
> I then placed ppp-on in /sbin. Upon running ppp-on, I am receiving an
> error which says :
>
> Sorry - this system lacks PPP kernel support
>
> I had recompiled the kernel prior to this. Once I got this message, I
> tried recompiling the kernel with different options. After several more
> recompilations, I decided to get help. When recompiling the kernel, my
> .config file had the following options:
>
> CONFIG_INET=y
> CONFIG_PPP=y
> CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
> CONFIG_SERIAL=y
>
> Is there something that I am missing? What could cause this conflict?
There are a couple of possible reasons for this...you are I think using
kernel 2.0.x...
1) You have compiled ppp as a module but this module is not getting loaded
automatically by kerneld. Quick fix...(as root) do..
lsmod (this will tell you what modules are loaded)
insmod ppp (and you may need to load serial and slhc as well)
and then try ppp
2) You are trying to use ppp-2.1.2 with kernel 2.0.x - this will NOT work.
You must use ppp-2.2 with kernel 2.0.x
Robert Hart iweft@ipax.com.au
Voice: +61 (0)3 9735 3586 http://203.29.72.65/
InterWeft, 35 Summit Road, Lilydale, Victoria 3140, Australia
IT, data and voice networking
Strategic IT business planning
Internet planning, implementation, security and configuration
--
PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES!
________________________________________________________________________
http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-Errata
http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-Tips http://www.redhat.com/mailing-lists
------------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe: mail -s unsubscribe redhat-list-request@redhat.com < /dev/null
