[plug] Kernel Compilation

[Steve Grasso]

Hmmm....now that I think about it, I also updated modutils and pppd in 
addition to the kernel config. I didn't need to screw around with 
/etc/modules.conf though because I compiled the modules into the kernel. 
Batesy, YMMV.

Regards,
Steve

On Friday 04 January 2002 13:01, craig at postnewspapers.com.au wrote:
> > It means either:
> > 	a) you didn't include PPP support
> > 	b) you included ppp support as a module and haven't loaded it,
> >        and you modutils don't work you your new kernel.
>
> This problem was common when a RedHat 7.0 system (or other distro of
> that era) was upgraded to 2.4 from 2.2 . Updating modutils and pppd
> did'nt fix it, I also needed to add the following line to
> /etc/modules.conf
> 	alias ppp ppp_async
>
> Don't know if that was a problem with RedHat's modutils build or what.
> Preloading ppp with
> 	modprobe ppp_async
> before a connect attempt also fixed it.
>
> I no longer use RedHat so I can't check now.

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