[97738] in RedHat Linux List
Re: PPP startup error
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arthur Shaffer)
Wed Nov 4 19:09:08 1998
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 20:08:22 -0500
From: Arthur Shaffer <pp01138@ppp.kcc.edu>
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Someone may have answered this already; I'm behind on my mail.
I just compiled pcmcia or an alpha (it doesn't come preconfigured.) I remember
the pcmcia howt-to mentioning that RH i386 comes with the support but it is
turned off. I believe there is a pcmcia config file in /sysconfig. You need to
insert "yes" after PCMCIA= in that file, then reboot.
Dave wrote:
> I am trying to get PPP to work over a PCMCIA modem. I have the PCMCIA stuff
> working OK. I can detect the modem and it configures properly. My problem
> is that when i try to run /etc/ppp/PPP-ON (to start PPP) I get the
> following message:
>
> /usr/sbin/pppd: This system lacks kernel support for PPP.
> This could be because the PPP kernel module is not loaded
> or because the kernel is not configured for PPP.
>
> I am using the redhat 5.0 distribution. I read the README.Linux file in the
> PPP-2.3.3 distribution and I also read the PPP How-to. My questions are as
> follows:
>
> 1) Does the kernel in the Redhat 5.0 distribution come with PPP support or
> should I be expected to re-compile the kernel as described in the
> README-linux file?
>
> 2) How can I tell if I am using a kernel that already has been compiled for
> PPP support?
>
> 3) How does the PPP kernel module get loaded? Is there a script file that
> has the command to load the PPP kernel module? If so, where is it and what
> is it called?
>
> As you can probably tell, I am new to the Linux world so, even if these are
> really basic questions, I would really appreciate any help someone would
> like to offer.
>
> TIA,
> Dave
>
>
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