This is my first experience with linux package modules
and I'm a bit confused.
On my computer I run two OS: Windows 98, and Linux.
To be moore precise: linux 2.0.36 and redhat 5.2.
What I tried to do was to set up a PPP-connection from
my linux first by using linuxconf, that didn't work.
The modem wasn't calling and the /var/log/messages
said nothing but:
tcgetattr: input/output error(5)
Wich I also don't understand.
So I thought, forget ppp and get the modem work,
at least call. I tried with minicom, the same result,
a quiet modem.
After that I started to look at the packages and by
misstake I removed ppp: rpm -e ppp
So I reinstalled it from my cd, and started by
reading the README files.
In /usr/doc/ppp-2.3.4-1/README.linux it sais, step 1:
from the top level of the directory of pppd run:
./configure
I couldn't realise that the previous mentioned directory was
the top level of pppd, to me it looked as it was the top
directory of ppp, not pppd. But it also said the it was
suppose to be the directory that contained the README I was
reading.
In that directory there's nothing but README, README.linux
and two directories: sample and scripts. So of course I couln't
run configure.
Step two:
>From the top level directory run:
make kernel
My kernel is placed in /usr/src/linux-2.0.26, I belive.
Anyway, I coudn't make a kernel from the top directory,
no makefile.
After that I stoped. I didn't know what to do.
Perhaps I should mention that I am using the modem from
windows, COM2, and it works fine. From linux I have used
/dev/cua1
Is there anyone that can help so I at least can get started?
Thanks in advance
/Michelle
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