On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 02:08:01PM -0600, Chris Mulcahy wrote:
> Greetings:
> I'm attempting to upgrade to kernel version 2.4.2 on my Redhat 6.2
> box.
> After resolving the problems related to getting my RAID controller
> recognized, I've run into problems with PPP. When I boot into my 2.2
> kernel, I can do an /sbin/ifup ppp0 with no problem. When I boot into
> 2.4.2, /sbin/ifup ppp0 gives me an
> Unable to initialize ppp0, error 1
> /sbin/ifconfig -a in my 2.4.2 kernel does not show ppp0, while 2.2
> does.
> I have what I believe to be all of the appropriate PPP options checked
> in the make menuconfig as well as what I believe to be the appropriate
> options for using serial ports.
> I've found a few messages relating to the above error message on
> deja.com, but they are not in any language I can read.
> Anyone have any suggestions?
1) You probably need to upgrade your pppd to 2.4 something.
2) You probably need to create the "ppp" device.
mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
I forget where I ran into this but is due to some significant
revamping of the ppp code in the 2.4 kernel.
> Thanks in advance
> Chris
>
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