🚀 go-pugleaf

the nice guy (e-mail.is.tng@sosweb.net) wrote:
: On Sat, 01 Aug 1998, Graham Daveney wrote:
: >Hi There,
: >
: >I cannot get ppp working with kernel 2.1.110.
: >
: >ppp dialup works perfectly with kernel 2.0.35.
: >
: >I am using Slackware 3.5 on a dual PPro computer with SMP.
: >
: >If I go pppd -v from the command line I get the following.
: >
: >pppd version 2.3 patch level 5
: >
: >Which is what is needed for the later kernels.
: >
: >Looking at dmesg for the boot of the 2.1.110 kernel here is something that I
: >think is relevant.
: >
: >Aug  2 07:27:56 daveney kernel: IP-Config: Incomplete network configuration
: >                                           information. 
: >
: >When I type "ppp-go" I get the following message in the /var/adm/messages file.
: >
: >Aug  2 07:30:29 daveney modprobe: can't locate module ppp0
: >
: >This is strange because I have compiled ppp into the kernel, not as a module.
: >
: >I will also get the following messages in the /var/adm/syslog file.
: >
: >Aug  2 07:30:29 daveney pppd[210]: Failed to open /dev/modem:
: >                                   Device or resource busy(16)
: >Aug  2 07:30:29 daveney pppd[210]: This system lacks kernel support for PPP.
: >                                   This could be because the PPP kernel module
: >                                   is not loaded, or because the kernel is not
: >                                   configured for PPP.  See the README.linux
: >                                   file in the ppp-2.3.5 distribution. 
: >
: >The interesting thing is that as far as I can see the ppp scripts reference
: >only /dev/modem. Here are the permissions for /dev/modem and /dev/cua1.
: >
: >lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root            9 Jul 25 21:56 /dev/modem -> /dev/cua1
: >crwxr-xr-x   1 uucp     uucp       5,  65 Aug  2 07:26 /dev/cua1
: >
: >Another interesting thing is that if I run "make kernel" from the 
: >/usr/src/ppp-2.3.5 directory I get the following.
: >
: >[snip]
: >
: >Installing into kernel version 2.1.110 in /usr/src/linux
: >
: >/usr/src/linux/drivers/net/bsd_comp.c is newer than bsd_comp.c, skipping
: >/usr/src/linux/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.c is newer than ppp_deflate.c, skipping
: >/usr/src/linux/drivers/net/zlib.c is newer than zlib.c, skipping
: >/usr/src/linux/drivers/net/zlib.h is newer than zlib.h, skipping
: >/usr/src/linux/include/linux/if_ppp.h is newer than if_ppp.h, skipping
: >/usr/src/linux/include/linux/if_pppvar.h is newer than if_pppvar.h, skipping
: >/usr/src/linux/include/linux/ppp-comp.h is newer than ppp-comp.h, skipping
: >/usr/src/linux/include/linux/ppp_defs.h is newer than ppp_defs.h, skipping
: >/usr/src/linux/drivers/net/ppp.c is newer than ppp.c, skipping
: >Adding BSD compression module to drivers makefile...(already there--skipping)
: >Adding Deflate compression module to drivers makefile...(already there--skipping)
: >Kernel driver files installation done.
: >
: >
: >This tells me that all is as it should be with the ppp code in the kernel.
: >
: >
: >The dmesg from the 2.1.110 kernel tells me the following.
: >
: >[snip]
: >
: >PPP: version 2.3.3 (demand dialling)
: >TCP compression code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California
: >PPP line discipline registered.
: >SLIP: version 0.8.4-NET3.019-NEWTTY (dynamic channels, max=256) (6 bit encapsulation enabled).
: >CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California.
: >SLIP linefill/keepalive option.
: >ne.c:v1.10 9/23/94 Donald Becker (becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov)
: >NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x300: 00 00 e8 1c b0 a8
: >eth0: NE2000 found at 0x300, using IRQ 10.
: >IP-Config: Incomplete network configuration information.
: >
: >[snip]
: >
: >
: >Any ideas much appreciated. I'd like to run the 2.1.110 kernel as the DMA makes
: >the disk access just so much faster.
: >
: >
: >Graham
: 
: I'm going to follow this one because I have a similar problem...except I actuall
: get in my system logs 
: 
: pppd upap authentacated
: pppd local ip=207.243.124.60
: pppd remote ip=207.243.124.5
: pppd conection terminated
: 
: all within 2 seconds
: 
: 
: all works fine with 2.0.35
: 
: 
: --
: tng

This sounds like a different problem. In my case ppp0 is not even being
registered. This is the equivalent of trying to install a network card and
not having eth0 recognised.


Regards
Graham

P.S. is there a way for you to turn up logging and check the files in /var/adm?