Hi, Can noone help me solve a=the problem with PPP in my new Debian 2.2 with Kernel 2.4.14 build?
It seems that as soon as I have built the kernel and installed 2.4.0-3 PPP it has broken. Please can someone help, this _must_ be a straight-forward problem! I have been trying to get this working for about a week now and I am very close to packing in Debian! Cheers, Ben ---Original Message--- I am building a 2.4.14 kernel to use PPP (pppd) and have selected the PPP options as modules. This is due to me installing the drivers and software for my Alcatel USB modem. I seem to have got the USB hotplugging and syncing of the modem working ok. I am now having problems with pppd as I have upgraded to a PPPoA aware ppp version. This is on a shiny new Debian 2.2 install with only the Alcatel stuff and a new kernel on. My "make xconfig" options for PPP are:- PPP (point-to-point protocol) support [m] PPP multilink support (EXPRIMENTAL) [n] PPP filtering [disabled] PPP support for aync serial ports [m] PPP support for sync tty ports [n] PPP Deflate compression [m] PPP BSD-Compress compression [m] PPP over Ethernet (EXPERIMENTAL) [n] PPP over ATM (EXPERIMENTAL) [m] This process has added the following files to the /lib/modules/2.4.14/kernel/drivers/net directory: ppp_generic.o ppp_async.o ppp_deflate.o When I try to run "pppd" manually though, I get the message: (null): This system lacks kernel support for PPP. This could be because the PPP kernel module could not be loaded, or because PPP was not included in the kernel configuration. If PPP was included as a module, try '/sbin/modprobe -v ppp'. If that fails, check t if I "modprobe ppp" it tells me "Can't locate module ppp", which is fair enough, as neither can I! :) I do have a ppp_generic.o file though!?!?!?!?!?!?! I am stuck, can anyone suggest where I am going wrong, my goal is to run "pppd". Before I upgraded to ppp_2.4.0-3 pppd didnt gripe about not having ppp set up. Although, that was with kernel 2.2.19 and that kernel DID have a ppp.o file, I can find that one! --- b e n @ j a v a c o d e r . n e t - w w w . j a v a c o d e r . n e t "The reader is entertained by the journey of another, but the writer is the changer of worlds" - D'Ni proverb
