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>	Paul Taylor <birder@ozemail.com.au> writes:
> I've just installed the new 2.2.2 kernel on top of RedHat 5.2 (2.0.36-3
> kernel RPMs) using the 2.2.2 kernel source tarball and the 2.2 support RPMs
> (modutils etc.) from the RedHat FTP site.  The new kernel is working fine
> *except* for PPP.
> 
> I'm using pppd 2.0.35 (5.2 RPM), and have PPP compiled into the kernel.
> Following some messages I found on Dejanews, I have added the
> ppp-compress-xx aliases to conf.modules to take care of the "module not
> found" messages, but it still complains about the "ppp0" module.
> 
> After dialing in to the server, performance is poor - transfers seems
> to occur in short bursts instead of a stream.  Sessions are terminated
> after a few minutes by a purported SIGHUP signal - there is no sign of
> impending doom prior to this.  :)  (This occurred infrequently under
> 5.2 - very annoying.)  tcpdump has not shown up any obvious problems
> like nack packets, but I haven't gone too deeply into this.
> 
> Has anyone managed to successfully get a working PPP configuration
> under the 2.0.xx kernels to work correctly with 2.2.x?
> 


Paul,

PPPd under 2.2.2 is the same as under 2.0.x, except you need 2.3.5 pppd
as a minimum (I suspect that what you have, its RH5.2 standard. If not
then you need to upgrade pppd). There are several things you should look
at: enable debug on your ppp setup and have a look at the logs, you
may need irqtune to tune your interrupts on your serial card (assuming
its a problem servicing interrupts), and double check that the new setup 
hasn't put a option you don't need in your config..... like its trying to
do DNS lookups incorrectly (ie: make sure you have your /etc/resolv.conf
file set correctly). Its debugging time, but rest assured, 2.2.2 and
pppd do work well.

Cheers, Grahame
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in.identd is in the pidentd package

David Frye wrote in message

>notice that pops up, the ppp connection works fine as long as I just
>dial into my ISP, but once I right-click on a file to download, I
>receive an error of "execv /usr/sbin/in.identd: No such file or
>directory". This error only occurs once, then does not appear

gmkelly@bushrock.zipzip.com.au wrote:
> 
> >       Paul Taylor <birder@ozemail.com.au> writes:
> > I've just installed the new 2.2.2 kernel on top of RedHat 5.2 (2.0.36-3
> > kernel RPMs) using the 2.2.2 kernel source tarball and the 2.2 support RPMs
> > (modutils etc.) from the RedHat FTP site.  The new kernel is working fine
> > *except* for PPP.
> >
> > I'm using pppd 2.0.35 (5.2 RPM), and have PPP compiled into the kernel.
> > Following some messages I found on Dejanews, I have added the
> > ppp-compress-xx aliases to conf.modules to take care of the "module not
> > found" messages, but it still complains about the "ppp0" module.
> >
> > After dialing in to the server, performance is poor - transfers seems
> > to occur in short bursts instead of a stream.  Sessions are terminated
> > after a few minutes by a purported SIGHUP signal - there is no sign of
> > impending doom prior to this.  :)  (This occurred infrequently under
> > 5.2 - very annoying.)  tcpdump has not shown up any obvious problems
> > like nack packets, but I haven't gone too deeply into this.
> >
> > Has anyone managed to successfully get a working PPP configuration
> > under the 2.0.xx kernels to work correctly with 2.2.x?
> >

ppp working fine under kernel 2.2.2 here, only difference is that I
compiled it as a module instead of into the kernel. I do have one error
notice that pops up, the ppp connection works fine as long as I just
dial into my ISP, but once I right-click on a file to download, I
receive an error of "execv /usr/sbin/in.identd: No such file or
directory". This error only occurs once, then does not appear again
until I shut down my computer, restart it, make another ppp connection,
and again right-click on a file to download it. I can download many
files and only receive the error once. 

I do have all of the updates from Redhats kernel-2.2 directory
installed, and have had no other problems with kenel 2.2.2.

On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Paul Taylor wrote:

> I'm using pppd 2.0.35 (5.2 RPM), and have PPP compiled into the kernel.

Update pppd - it should be around 2.2.3 or thereabouts.

DaZZa

DaZZa wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Paul Taylor wrote:
> 
> > I'm using pppd 2.0.35 (5.2 RPM), and have PPP compiled into the kernel.
> 
> Update pppd - it should be around 2.2.3 or thereabouts.

Sorry, that should have been ppd 2.3.5, not 2.0.35 (mixed up with the
2.0.xx kernel version.)

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On Tue, 2 Mar 1999 16:09:02 +1100, DaZZa scribed into the Great 
Tome of Farnarkling:
> On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Paul Taylor wrote:
> 
> > I'm using pppd 2.0.35 (5.2 RPM), and have PPP compiled into the kernel.

Actually the 5.2 RPM is 2.3.5, which is OK. Looks like a typo.

> Update pppd - it should be around 2.2.3 or thereabouts.

Correct.

BTW, Be prepared to update a couple of other utils like xosview and
such (if you use them, it's not essential) - mine broke but luckily I
found a diff on c.o.l.development.system to fix it. Grab one of Alan Cox's
- - -ac patches too (ac7 at time of writing, ac5 used here) as it fixes a number
of things.
 
> DaZZa
Michael Fleming.

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Thanks, that fixed the problem.

Richard Latimer wrote:
> 
> in.identd is in the pidentd package
> 
> David Frye wrote in message
> 
> >notice that pops up, the ppp connection works fine as long as I just
> >dial into my ISP, but once I right-click on a file to download, I
> >receive an error of "execv /usr/sbin/in.identd: No such file or
> >directory". This error only occurs once, then does not appear