>>I just tried out kernel 2.4.7 - everything seems to work fine, except >>the PPP connection. pppd quits just after being started. >> >>I tried out pppoe - it can connect to my access concentrator. >> >>What has changed from 2.2.19 to 2.4.7 which could prevent pppd from working? >> > >Quite a lot did change. I suppose you're using potato. Did you make >your own kernel? If so did you read the changes? It tells wich >packages you'll have to update. Best solution is to insatll kernel >2.4. via apt-get with the unofficial sources from Adrian Bunk: >http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html This will install all the >necesarry packages.
No, I am not using Potato, I am using Woody. The 2.4.7 is one from the Debian packages.