Try adding "noauth" line in /etc/ppp/options file. This forces ppp to have no
default authorization.
Kohila Gnanaratne
Lucent Technologies
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 3 16:16:31 1999
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> > >>Nov 3 16:02:58 localhost modprobe: can't locate module char-major-108
> >
> > I've seen this as well for "module char-major 110" under RedHat 6.1.
> > Whatever the case, it doesn't work for me either.
> >
> > The Mandrake 6.1 doesn't appear to have this problem.
> >
> > Does anyone know what the "can't locate module char major" message means
> > exactly?
>
> I fixed the "can't locate module char-major-108" problem by placing the
> following entry in /etc/conf.modules:
> alias char-major-108 ppp_generic
>
> I found this hint in the ppp documentation (/usr/doc/ppp-XXXXX).
>
> However, that seems unrelated to my ppp problem of:
> pppd[30575]: The remote system (ppp0) is required to authenticate itself
> but I
> pppd[30575]: couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to use
> to do so.
>
> I'm stumped. The lights come on but nothing happens. It's as if ppp is
> waiting for permission to begin dialling.
>
> Surely I can't be the only person who's had this problem. I hope not...
>
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> David
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