[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I still have to enter pppsetup prior to my first use of > "ppp-on" each time I boot up BasicLinux. Then I simply > select "exit" instead of selecting the option to retrieve > my settings from floppy. Getting into the pppsetup menu > is a necessary first step at the beginning of each boot-up > because invoking the pppsetup menu apparently toggles some > kind of switch in the system which enables "ppp-on" to run.
----------- insmod slhc insmod ppp ---------- > If I don't invoke the pppsetup menu first I will always get > a false error message saying something to the effect > that this version of the kernel has no ppp support. It doesn't have ppp support until those two modules are installed. If you view pppsetup, you will see that the first two lines install those modules. > I find the "feature" which requires me to invoke the > pppsetup menu first to be a very minor annoyance because > in my case there is nothing that I need to select on any > of the menu options other than "exit". I wish there were > some easy way I could fix this "feature". Maybe there is > an easy way for me to fix it. Steven? Yes, there is. Anything that you want run automatically when you log in can be put in your personal profile. So, immediately after logging in, to this: -------------- edit .profile -------------- You should see a whole bunch of aliases already set up for you (feel free to change/delete them). Down at the bottom add these two lines: ----------- insmod slhc insmod ppp ----------- Exit the editor and logout. Now when you log in, those two insmod lines will be run automatically. Of course, when you reset the computer, your changes to .profile will disappear, so to make this permanent you would need to customize /root/.profile NOTE FOR USERS OF HD VERSION: the place to activate modules is in the /etc/rc.d/rc.S file (not in your personal profile). Down at the bottom of rc.S, you will see some example modules, ready to be activated: -------------------- # insmod lp io=0x378 # insmod 8390 # insmod ne io=0x320 # insmod slhc # insmod ppp -------------------- Just remove the # from in front of the slhc and ppp lines and those modules will automatically be installed when the system boots. The ramdrive version of BasicLinux does not have an /etc/rc.d/rc.S configuration file. Cheers, Steven Cheers, Steven > > Sam Heywood > -- This message sent by BasicLinux -- ____________________________________________________ Linux for old PCs: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi
