On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 11:55:09AM +1000, Dennis Robertson wrote: > On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 10:39:09AM -0400, Leif Madsen wrote: > > > Hey all, > > > > I'm running Mandrake 8.0 with kernel 2.4.3-20mdk and run a Celeron 633, 20GB > > HD and 33.6 USR Sportster Modem. I just recently upgraded my kernel to 2.4.9 > > and the problem lies in kppp no longer being able to connect to my ISP. At > > first I was getting an error code: 4 which was no problem.. I forgot to > > install PPP into the kernel :) > > > > BUT.. after I did that.. I now get an error code: 1 which is "An immediately > > fatal error of some kind occurred, such as an essential system call failing, > > or running out of virtual memory." > > > > Any ideas on what to try would be greatly appreciated. I am just really > > doing this temporarily since I will be in school with high speed (yay!) and > > my computer will be running as the server for the house, but I would still > > like to figure out what I have to turn on or off to make the dial-up work... > > > > Thanks in advance > > -- > > Leif Madsen > > Plan-Net Technologies > > Project Manager > > http://www.plannettechnologies.com > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://wwww.mandrakestore.com > > I have the same problem (or similar) with 2.4.9 from kernel.org. Using 2.4.7 I can >do > what I want on the net but with 2.4.9 I can connect but that's it. > Netscape starts to open and crashes, Konqueror starts to open then idles > continually while fetchmail says "fetchmail: couldn't find canonical DNS > name of mail.optusnet.com.au all mailserver name lookups failed, exiting". > So it looks like 2.4.9 is broken for now in the DNS lookup area. Anyone > know how to fix that? Thanks. > -- Further to this and following advice from Gregor I recompiled the networking section of the 2.4.9 kernel exactly the same as my 2.4.7 kernel and it now works. So 2.4.9 is not broken and thanks to Gregor. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mob: 0419 535539 Fundamentally, there may be no basis for anything.
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