On 25 Apr 1998, Dave Mielke wrote:
> When I try to use the "demand dial" feature of PPPD in Linux, I get:
>
> # /usr/sbin/pppd: demand dialling is not supported by kernel driver version 2.2.0
>
> This message mentions that I am using version 2.2.0 of the kernel
> driver. I am using version 2.3.3 of PPPD, and version 2.0.32 of the
> kernel itself.
>
> Does anyone out there know what the solution is? Is there a kernel
> configuration parameter which I've missed? If not, is there a patch for
> it? If so, what is it, and where would I find it?
There is a patch. It is a part of the source code to pppd itself. You
need to install the linux kernel source then the source to pppd. Go to
the pppd source and use it to patch the kernel source. Then compile both.
For more details or a better explanation, see the docs that come with
pppd.
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