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ppp activation fails from control-panel
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bilker@bigfoot.com)
Sun Oct 20 13:17:42 1996
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 08:17:23 -0700
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I recently purchased the Colgate cdrom set and installed over 3.0.3. Then
I attempted to use control-panel to activate PPP. It failed, stating that
some needed file (named "chat-ppp", or something similar) was missing.
I tried to run my chat/ppp scripts, and pppd failed stating that the
kernel had no support for PPP. I built a new kernel, building in ppp as
a permanent kernel feature rather than a loadable module. (As long as
I was building a kernel, I also included Sound Blaster support, which was
missing from the distribution kernel.)
The new kernel did not change the symptoms --- pppd still stated that there
was no kernel support for PPP.
I re-booted the 3.0.3 kernel and ran my chat/ppp scripts, and it worked!
(I had to recover the 3.0.3 version of pppd from my backup tape and use that,
but basically, it worked.)
I then rebooted the kernel I'd build (Linux 2.0.18), tried my chat/ppp
scripts again, and this time they worked.
Obviously some file or special-file got created or updated, but so far
I haven't figured out what. I've read the HOW-TO, and still have no
distinct clue on PPP activation.
To re-cap:
1. the 2.0.18 kernel and pppd failed: pppd said the kernel had no PPP
support (even though I'd built it with non-modular PPP support).
2. I rebooted the 3.0.3 kernel (Linux 2.0.0), and with the corresponding
pppd, was immediately able to run PPP.
3. I rebooted the 2.0.18 kernel and was _immediately_ able to use PPP.
What system files changed in step 2 that allowed step 3 success?
I'd like to know, because I remember that when I tried to activate PPP
under 3.0.3, the control-panel interface also failed (but I remember even
fewer of the details --- I fumbled around at that time, and eventually got
PPP working). Apparently, the Red Hat control-panel has an ongoing inability
to activate PPP, and some sort of manual procedure is necessary. What is it?
I've managed to solve my problem; I'm running a Colgate system and PPP works.
I just think that my algorithm was conspicuously nondeterministic, and
would like to do better. (Incidentally, after step 3, I fired up the
control-panel again; it showed that ppp0 was active.)
-- bilker@bigfoot.com
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