Hi, have you installed modutils-2.4.1 and the new ppp package from woody? You will need those if you want to run 2.4 kernels.
If you take a look at /lib/modules/2.4.1 you will notice that the arcitecture has changed. Temporarily you should be able to manually insmod the needed ppp drivers. Greetz, Sebastiaan On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, Erik Steffl wrote: > I have compiled 2.4.1 kernel with ppp (async) support but here's what > I get when running pon: > > Mar 8 11:13:43 azar modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0 > > and pppd fails to connect. I can conect when using 2.2.18something so > ppp scripts are fine. > > here's the relevant part of /etc/modules.conf: > > alias char-major-108 ppp_generic > alias /dev/ppp ppp_generic > alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async > alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty > alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp > alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate > alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate > > and here's the list of ppp* modules: > > /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_generic.o > /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_async.o > /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.o > > there's no ppp.o but there's also no ppp.c under kernel sources > (unlike in 2.2.x kernels), I guess ppp_generic takes place of ppp? but > the modules.conf quote above is same as the one supplied in kernel > source tree under Documentation/Changes, should I add something like > alias ppp ppp_generic? I thought the first alias (char-major-108) would > take care of that. > > any ideas? TIA > > erik > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
