According to Stewart Wilkinson: While burning my CPU.
>
> Hi,
>
> Having got RedHat 5.2 and a nice new disk to use on my packet system I
> have a problem when it comes to setting up kernel AX25.
>
> I have built (and booted) kernel 2.0.36 with AX25 and NETROM modules and
> Radio Interfaces (KISS and Z8530). I have obtained and installed
> ax25-utils-2.1.42a.rpm and copied the config files from my existing
> (working) AX25 setup to /etc/ax25, but each time I try and start
> kissattach using commands like:
>
> /usr/sbin/kissattach /dev/ttyS0 1
> or
> /usr/sbin/kissattach -i 44.131.95.1 /dev/ttyS0 1
>
> I get the message:
>
> kissattach: TIOCSETD: Invalid argument
You forgot to include mkiss support in your kernel, or your not insmoding
the mkiss module.
kissattach needs mkiss.
>
> I tried manually loading the ax25 module using:
>
> insmod ax25
>
> lsmod shows it loaded, but I still get the error.
>
> What else am I missing ??
>
>
> Where can I find sample /etc/init.d/ script(s) for starting/stopping
> AX25/NETROM ??
>
>
> Also:
>
> In my existing setup I use the 'dummy' network driver, but attempting to
> configure the dummy network device on the new RedHat setup using:
>
> ifconfig dummy <my_ip_address> mtu 576 up
>
> gives:
>
> SIOCSIFADDR: Operation not supported by device
> SIOCSIFMTU: Operation not supported by device
>
> What am I not doing correctly here ?
>
> My existing Slackware based configuration doesn't use Kernel Modules for
> AX25/NETROM or Ethernet, so am I not doing something I should be ??
>
> --
> Stewart G0LGS
>
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Regards Richard.
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Merry Xmas to all, and may all your troubles be small (ones).
