I recently had a problem with ntop along the same lines. Evidently the new kernel (I was using 2.1.123 at the time) changed the socket() call. When I upgraded to 2.2.1 and recompiled ntop, the problem went away. You might try recompiling diald to see if that helps.
Todd Davis On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Ted Behling wrote: > I'm trying to run diald to automate my PPP connection. I don't recall the > exact sequence of events when I upgraded from kernel 2.0.34 to 2.2.1, but > it now generates the following lines in /var/log/messages: > > Feb 8 15:36:22 salsa kernel: diald uses obsolete (PF_INET,SOCK_PACKET) > Feb 8 15:36:23 salsa diald[612]: Diald is dying with code 1 > > Diald then terminates. I'm using the package that came with Debian 2.0, > and according to the diald man page, I'm running version 0.16 (1997-01-28). > I've checked the diald Web page, but it didn't cite this problem. Is > there a fix? > > (Crossposted to linux-diald and debian-user) > > Ted Behling - Hilton Head Island, SC > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://webmeister.ml.org > E-Commerce Specialist > Monarch Gifts: What People *Really* Want - http://mgifts.com > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-diald" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >