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  From: Benjamin Close <linux@senet.com.au>
  To  : andrew o'callaghan <androc@box.net.au>
  Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 15:52:45 +0930 (CST)

Re: pppd problems

On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, andrew o'callaghan wrote:

> I have tried to rebuild the kernel (version 2.2.9), and included support
> for ppp.

Make a choice, 2.2.x series or 2.3.x there are big changes between the two

> When I boot my system, I get the following ppp related messages when I
> do a dmesg:
> 
> PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling)
> PPP line discipline registered.
> 
> Sep 18 12:36:30 box modprobe: can't locate module ppp0
> Sep 18 12:36:30 box pppd[693]: Failed to open /dev/ttys3: Input/output
> error(5)

Since your currently using the 2.3.x series of kernels add the following
lines to /etc/conf.modules

alias tty-ldisc-3     ppp_async       # tty interface to ppp
alias char-major-108  ppp_generic     # generic ppp

There have been major changes to the ppp & serial interfaces in 2.3.x
so you'll also need to do:

mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0

Cheers,
--

* Benjamin Close
* Benjsc@senet.com.au
* Web Page: http://users.senet.com.au/~benjsc

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