Rasmus Tamstorf wrote:
>
> I'm having problems with missing kernel modules when I use pppd, so I hope
> someone can help me out.
>
> When I dial into our dial-in server at work I get the following in my
> logfile :
>
> Mar 19 22:05:49 localhost modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-21
> Mar 19 22:05:49 localhost modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-26
> Mar 19 22:05:49 localhost modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-24
> Mar 19 22:05:52 localhost modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-21
> Mar 19 22:05:52 localhost modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-26
> Mar 19 22:05:52 localhost modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-24
> Mar 19 22:05:53 localhost modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-21
> Mar 19 22:05:53 localhost kernel: ppp_ioctl: set maxcid to 16
>
> What exactly are those ppp-compress modules that pppd is requesting
> through the kernel ? I don't have any such modules so it's fair enough
> that modprobe is complaining. My problem though is that I don't know where
> to get them / how to build them. - And does each number correspond to a
> different compression protocol or what does the trailing numbers mean ?
>
> The connection I end up with is dog-slow, so I'm suspecting that I don't
> get any compression at all, which is really bad :-(
>
> A somewhat similar problem occurs when I dial up to my private ISP. Only
> here, I get
>
> Mar 21 22:12:37 localhost modprobe: can't locate module ppp0:0
> Mar 21 22:12:37 localhost modprobe: can't locate module ppp0:1
> Mar 21 22:12:37 localhost modprobe: can't locate module ppp0:2
> Mar 21 22:12:37 localhost modprobe: can't locate module ppp0:3
> ... <snip> ...
> Mar 21 22:12:39 localhost modprobe: can't locate module ppp0:47
> Mar 21 22:12:39 localhost modprobe: can't locate module ppp0:48
> Mar 21 22:12:39 localhost modprobe: can't locate module ppp0:49
>
> Again, I don't have a ppp0 module in /lib/modules, but I don't know how to
> get one either :-( And I don't know what the number after the colon means ?
>
> I'm using pppd v. 2.3.11 and kernel 2.2.14.
>
> Rasmus
>
Ha've ypu tried to add the following lines to /etc/modules.conf ?
alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp
alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate
alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate
Vu
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