Re: Problem with pppd and Kernel

2000-11-28 Thread Daniel Christle
You are correct. I had not recompiled the kernel. At least not yet. I did try to make the connection as root and had not tried as a user just yet. I normally try to make the initial connection as root. Make sure it it clean and then use always as a user. Now that having tried the option of re-runn

Re: Problem with pppd and Kernel

2000-11-27 Thread John Hasler
Patrick Cheong Shu Yang writes: > I suspect it is when he compiled his kernel I wasn't aware that he had compiled his kernel. > Also, for pon to work when logged in as a "normal" user, the user needs > to be added to the "dip" group. Which is why I told him to add himself as a ppp user in pp

Re: Problem with pppd and Kernel

2000-11-27 Thread Stan Kaufman
Patrick Cheong Shu Yang wrote: > > I don't think that is the main problem. I suspect it is when he compiled his > kernel that he > did not properly cp the System.map from /usr/src/linux and backup his > /lib/modules/2.2.16 before > doing a make modules_install. Also, for pon to work when logged

Re: Problem with pppd and Kernel

2000-11-26 Thread Stan Kaufman
Daniel Christle wrote: > > Hi there, > > I am new to Debian, having used Slack previously. I am having problems > with getting my Internet connection to work under Debian 2.2. I run pon > and get a ppp not supported by kernel message. Check that > the modules physically exist and they do. I run

Re: Problem with pppd and Kernel

2000-11-26 Thread Patrick Cheong Shu Yang
On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 10:01:51PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > Are you running pon as root? If not, did you add yourself as a ppp user > when you ran pppconfig? If not, run pppconfig, go to 'Advanced', go to > 'Add-User', and do so. If that isn't the problem post the output of plog > and copie

Re: Problem with pppd and Kernel

2000-11-26 Thread John Hasler
Daniel Christle writes: > I run pon and get a ppp not supported by kernel message. Are you running pon as root? If not, did you add yourself as a ppp user when you ran pppconfig? If not, run pppconfig, go to 'Advanced', go to 'Add-User', and do so. If that isn't the problem post the output of p

Problem with pppd and Kernel

2000-11-26 Thread Daniel Christle
Hi there, I am new to Debian, having used Slack previously. I am having problems with getting my Internet connection to work under Debian 2.2. I run pon and get a ppp not supported by kernel message. Check that the modules physically exist and they do. I run the command /sbin/modprobe -v ppp and