Hi all. I'm an experienced Linux user (starting in 94) and I've rtfm alot
on this one but it really has be stumped.
I've been running diald to initate a transparent link to my isp for
perhaps 6 months. I've never had any problesm with it before, until I
tried to go to a kernel past 2.2.0pre7. Afaik, I'm using the latest
versions of pppd (2.3.5) and diald (0.16.5). These versions are both the
recomended ones for running with a 2.2.0 kernel.
Anyway, when I bookup Linux using a 2.2.0pre7 kernel (and earlier) I get
this warning in the logs:
Jan 27 03:50:59 blake kernel: diald uses obsolete (PF_INET,SOCK_PACKET)
When I bootup any kernel from 2.2.0pre8 to the new 2.2.0 release I find
that the sl0 device that diald would normally create is not present and I
get this in the logs:
Jan 27 04:11:03 blake modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-17
Jan 27 04:11:03 blake diald[134]: Could not get socket to do packet
monitoring: Socket type not supported
Jan 27 04:11:03 blake diald[134]: Diald is dying with code 1
Jan 27 04:11:03 blake diald[134]: Can't set line discipline: Invalid
argument
I've put the modprobe line in, as it does seem to be related. I'm not
sure what net-pf-17 is, and I didn't find it in the kernel src :( It is
clearly related to (PF_INET,SOCK_PACKET).
The invalid argument line never appears prior to 2.2.0pre8.
So apparently the latest version of diald is broken with a 2.2.0 kernel.
I've visited the diald home page which doesn't mention the problem, and
dejanews seems to indicate that no one has yet posted this same problem on
usenet, but I find it hard to believe I am the only one experiencing this
problem.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
-Robert
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