List fellow members:
This is a slightly edited post I'm resending since this problem seems
arising over and over so here it goes again (Edward, I'm taking your
suggestion in consideration, but I think it needs more work to become a
Web page).
First I think that the problem arises with RedHat 6.0 and based
distributions, which lack a good stock /etc/conf.modules. I myself only
noted the situation by accident since I normally use Debian based
distributions and the earlier versions of RedHat didn't seem to have
this problem.
Here goes the stuff:
First I'll assume you have pppd configured RedHat style and that it is
built as modules and that the ethertap device and af_packet are also
built as modules.
Now, start by issuing the following as root "tail -f /var/log/messages
>/dev/tty12&" to get a easy way to see what is going on with pppd and
diald (you must replace /var/log/messages with your syslog file - look
at /etc/syslog.conf - if your distributioin isn't RedHat style). This
step is not essential but eases error trapping and can be stopped with
"killall tail".
Start pppd the usual way, maybe "ifup ppp0", and take a look at console
12 with [ALT]-[F12].
If you find any reference to "ppp-compress-21", "ppp-compress-24" or
"ppp-compress-26" not being found just edit /etc/conf.modules and add
the following lines:
...
# PPP compress modules
alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp
alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate
alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate
...
It is time to get diald.
Join http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/DByName.html and get
diald-0.99.1-2.i386.rpm and diald-config-0.16.5a-1.i386.rpm (don't get
fooled by version numbers, diald-config-1.2.1-1.noarch.rpm is older).
By the way if you get
ftp://rufus.w3.org/pub/rpmfind/rpmfind-rh6-1.2-1.i386.rpm you can use
it to fetch, check for and upgrade rpm packages.
Now here we have to take some care. The above is true for RedHat 6.0
and based distributions. If yours is older you _must_ use a diald
version compiled against the libraries used on your system.
If in doubt issue "ls /lib/libc.so*" and compare the result with the
needed libraries found on the corresponding diald version Web page. You
can always get the source code and compile it yourself on your system,
but this is a quick receipt not a lengthy explanation.
Install diald with "rpm -Uhv diald-0.99.1-2.i386.rpm" and diald-config
with "rpm -Uhv diald-config-0.16.5a-1.i386.rpm".
OK, here we can go two ways, either edit /etc/rc.d/init.d/diald and add
"-f /etc/diald/diald.conf" to the line that starts diald, or create a
/etc/diald.conf that points to the /etc/diald/ directory (I prefer the
second method so I run "echo include /etc/diald/diald.conf
>/etc/diald.conf" and then do a "chmod 700 /etc/diald.conf").
Now it is time to customise the /etc/diald/diald.conf file, since it
was built with version 0.16.5a in mind.
Edit /etc/diald/diald.conf and comment out "pppd-options name pppanex
:" since it won't be likely to be the name you use to access your ISP
(if you use PAP or CHAP don't comment it, replace it with the name you
use to access your ISP), and "up-delay 5" since it seems deprecated.
Also uncomment the "include /etc/diald/phone.filter" line and comment
the "accept any 480 any" since it would give a very long wait time for
the line to go down. Now it is a good time to take a look at "man
diald" and find if you would like to add any new options.
Check out /etc/ppp/options and remove any references to the commands
indicated in diald man page, for instance "lock" (if you still want to
connect directly with "if-up ppp0" add any commands you removed from
/etc/ppp/options to the corresponding
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 file).
Next we must edit our connect script /etc/diald/connect to meet our
needs. Almost all possible options are well commented so just take a
look at /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/chat-ppp0 for the correct
answers to put in the file. Here goes an extra for PAP or CHAP, add to
either /etc/ppp/pap-secrets or /etc/ppp/chap-secrets "username *
password" with username and password replaced with the correct values,
set "pppd-options user username" in /etc/diald/diald.conf also with
username replaced with the correct value and leave USER_NAME empty in
the /etc/diald/connect script.
All done. Let's cross our fingers and start the diald daemon with
"/etc/rc.d/init.d/diald restart". Now switch to the console 12 with
[ALT]-[F12].
Trap errors, like for instance chat errors and, if any, try to find out
what did you mistype in the connect script.
If your system is configured as I assumed on the first line you will
have two fatal errors both module related, so any reference to
tap0-tap15 devices and module net-pf-17 not found are, I believe, due
to a poor RedHat 6.0 stock /etc/conf.modules file. Let's fix it:
Add to /etc/conf.modules the following
...
# tap device configuration
alias tap0 ethertap
options tap0 -o tap0 unit=0
alias tap1 ethertap
options tap1 -o tap1 unit=1
alias tap2 ethertap
options tap2 -o tap2 unit=2
alias tap3 ethertap
options tap3 -o tap3 unit=3
alias tap4 ethertap
options tap4 -o tap4 unit=4
alias tap5 ethertap
options tap5 -o tap5 unit=5
alias tap6 ethertap
options tap6 -o tap6 unit=6
alias tap7 ethertap
options tap7 -o tap7 unit=7
alias tap8 ethertap
options tap8 -o tap8 unit=8
alias tap9 ethertap
options tap9 -o tap9 unit=9
alias tap10 ethertap
options tap10 -o tap10 unit=10
alias tap11 ethertap
options tap11 -o tap11 unit=11
alias tap12 ethertap
options tap12 -o tap12 unit=12
alias tap13 ethertap
options tap13 -o tap13 unit=13
alias tap14 ethertap
options tap14 -o tap14 unit=14
alias tap15 ethertap
options tap15 -o tap15 unit=15
alias net-pf-17 af_packet # Needed for diald
...
And create the tap devices with the corresponding "mknod /dev/tap* c 36
NN" command (NN starts at 16 for tap0 and goes incremented by 1 until
31 for tap15). You don't need to create all tap devices but I recommend
at least one more than those you know you'll need just to stay on the
safe side.
Now start again the diald daemon and check console 12 for errors. If
any that you can't fix just drop a copy of the relevant part of your
syslog file on the list, and we'll try to help.
Hope this helps.
---
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