----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Irving +ADw-laric+AEA-laric.com+AD4-
To: +ADw-cooker+AEA-linux-mandrake.com+AD4-
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: +AFs-Cooker+AF0-
+AD4- On Sat, 02 Oct 1999, you wrote:
+AD4- +AD4- +AD4AJQBf-I installed the PPPoE client (PPP over ethernet, which is the
+stupid
thing my ADSL provider). I started the pppd and had the
+AD4- +AD4- following error message in the /var/log/messages file:
+AD4- +AD4-
+AD4- +AD4- Oct 2 01:30:35 mandrake modprobe: can't locate module char-major-108
+AD4- +AD4- Oct 2 01:30:35 mandrake pppd+AFs-887+AF0-: pppd 2.3.9 started by root,
+uid 0
+AD4- +AD4- Oct 2 01:30:35 mandrake pppd+AFs-887+AF0-: Using interface ppp0
+AD4- +AD4- Oct 2 01:30:35 mandrake pppd+AFs-887+AF0-: Connect: ppp0 +ADw---+AD4-
+/dev/pts/1
(Note:
+AD4- +AD4- sometime it is /dev/pts/0 or /dev/pts/2)
+AD4- +AD4- Oct 2 01:30:35 mandrake pppd+AFs-887+AF0-: Hangup (SIGHUP)
+AD4- +AD4- Oct 2 01:30:35 mandrake pppd+AFs-887+AF0-: write: warning: Input/output
+error
(5)
+AD4- +AD4- Oct 2 01:30:35 mandrake pppd+AFs-887+AF0-: Modem hangup
+AD4- +AD4- Oct 2 01:30:35 mandrake pppd+AFs-887+AF0-: Connection terminated.
+AD4- +AD4-
+AD4- +AD4- Could someone also tell me what is device is /dev/pts and
char-major-108?
+AD4- +AD4-
+AD4- /dev/pts is the new ttys that comes from the Unix98 standard. it is
enabled in
+AD4- the kernel. and the module for char-major-108 is from the latest pppd and
is
+AD4- made for the 2.3 series of kernels.
+AD4-
I don't know why the ppp0 binds to the /dev/pts/1 device. Suppose the pppd
will execute the script, +ACI-/usr/sbin/pppoe -I eth0+ACI- when it is running and
bind to interface eth0.
+AD4- Michael Irving
+AD4-
+AD4- ps. Can you PLEASE stop using that font windows-1252 or tell me where to
get it
+AD4- as I get an error message everytime a message originates from you.
+AD4-
I am using Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 (Traditional Chinese) to send out
the email. May be that cause the problem when you read my mail. Now I
have changed the font to the unicode and hope that it will be ok for you.
Edmond
