On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 04:37:44PM -0000, Ben Hill wrote:
> 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!
>
>
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your config is ok... to be able to use ppp in debian, you use
pppconfig... `man pppconfig`. configure your ppp then use `pon provider`
to start ppp and `poff provider` to stop ppp...
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whatever remains, however improbable,
must be the truth."
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