[plug] pppd problems after kernel recompile

[Tony Clark]

Just in case update modutils.
make sure you have a sym link from linux -> linux-2.4.18  some things look for 
that
edit Makefile and give it a minor revision number.  That way you can keep your 
original good build and reboot that when other things.
make mrproper - this makes sure there is nothing left behind.  If your happy 
with you kernel configuration keep a copy of the .config file and cp it back 
after the mrproper stage.
make olddeps will rebuild what was in .config
make dep && make bzImage modules modules_install
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/new-kernel-name
edit lilo and add the new kernel, or better still kill lilo and use grub
if lilo
   lilo
reboot

I perfer to compile things that are critical to operation into the kernel and 
not as modules if I can.  Filesystems come to mind as an example.

Hope that helps


tony

On Saturday 07 September 2002 08.37, Jason Bainbridge wrote:
> I'm running Debian Woody and am trying to recompile a vanilla 2.4.18 kernel
> that has been patched to include the Linux Porgress Patch, which works
> great and I get a nice graphical Debian themed boot, that gets me straight
> to kdm without a sweat.
>
> But problems arise when using kppp (although I think pppd is the problem),
> using kppp once connected I can't resolve any domain names. I slapped my
> forehead a few times as I did silly mistakes when choosing what to compile
> in the kernel but I believe I have all the applicable ppp related stuff
> enabled now and pon/poff actually work (thankfully, which allows me to go
> searching for help).
>
> I was previously using the Vanilla 2.4.18 kernel without any problems, I
> did have a bit of an experiement with enabling/disabling modules and now if
> I enable modules I get errors with modprobe not able to find the modules.
> Could it be related to something to do with the modules loading?
>
> I'm a bit of a newbie with kernel recompiling so I better check I'm ot
> mising anything with my steps:
>
> make menuconfig
> make bzImage
> make install
>
> Then if I enabled module support (I haven't this time):
>
> make modules
> make modules_install
>
> Then reboot. If I haven't enabled modules everything looks sweet with the
> kernel messages but if I do enable modules I get the modprobe errors.
>
> Can anyone shine any light on this? I'm also having problems with iptables
> but I've disabled all the rules for now (I use GuardDog so I'm not quite up
> on all the right lingo) until I can fix the pppd problem.
>
> Anyhelp would be much appreciated.:)
>
> Cheers
> Jason

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