actualy I just found the answer
from Bugzilla.redhat.com
I have the following problem into my /var/log/messages:
can't locate module char-major-108
This problem apears only when I start pppd.
I have dowload and installed the latest Redhat fixes.
I have seen into newsgroups that a few people have the same problem, they
say, you put alias char-major-108 ppp into the /etc/conf.modules.
But it won't work.
Is there someone who can help me to solv this problem?
Greetings Jarno, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/02/99 17:08
-------
This is not a bug. Remove the line from /etc/conf.modules
This is ppp making sure that it will still work if you upgrade
to the 2.3.x kernels. Just ignore the message.
I Believe that I can just include a line in /etc/conf.modules that contains
alias char-major-108 off
and that should tell it just not to load that module code
Thanks for your help once again!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Bennett [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 1:24 PM
> To: 'Marc Mutz'; Chris Bennett
> Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: char-major-108
>
> Unfortunately This is not the case I am sure that I said Yes to PPP as a
> matter of fact I already went in to menuconfig and may sure it was there
> and
> recompiled
>
> Doing a quick search on google I found a lot of references to placing a
> line
> in the conf.modules to alias it to ppp.o I am upgrading from redhat
> 6.1's-2.2.12 to the kernel.org's linux-2.2.13I have done this once before
> on
> a mandrake-based system and do not remember having to do this I am going
> to
> check out the /usr/src/Documentation on linuxhq.com sine I am at work and
> not in front of the system. I'll See if I can Find anything on PPP or on
> that particular thing. Checking back through my logs I was not having this
> error before upgrading to 2.2.13
>
> I can Still Connect to the internet however. I am going to download the
> PPP
> update from redhat's site tonight and I'll see if that help it at all.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marc Mutz [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 12:30 PM
> > To: Chris Bennett
> > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: Re: char-major-108
> >
> > Chris Bennett wrote:
> > >
> > <snip>
> > > think that it's called char-major-108 it shows up in my log every
> time
> > that
> > <snip>
> >
> > user$ grep -A2 "108 char" /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt
> > 108 char Device independent PPP interface
> > 0 = /dev/ppp Device independent PPP interface
> >
> > I guess it's ppp.o, although it should be registered as a line
> > dicipline:
> >
> > user$ grep ppp /etc/conf.modules
> > alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp
> > alias ppp0 ppp
> > alias ppp1 ppp
> >
> > and
> >
> > user$ grep char-major-108 /etc/conf.modules || echo none
> > none
> >
> > I must admit that I use IPPP and this is compliled-in... :-(
> > Also
> >
> > user$ zgrep "char-major-108" /usr/doc/howto/en/mini/*.gz \
> > /usr/doc/howto/en/mini/*.gz || echo none
> > none
> >
> > Maybe you forgot to say 'y' to PPP support in the first place?
> >
> > Marc
> >
> > --
> > Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://marc.mutz.com/Encryption-HOWTO/
> > University of Bielefeld, Dep. of Mathematics / Dep. of Physics
> >
> > PGP-keyID's: 0xd46ce9ab (RSA), 0x7ae55b9e (DSS/DH)
