DaZZa wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, DaZZa wrote: > > >>>please help once more.. >>>Having problems getting ppp.o to compile in 2.4.18, and its not present in >>>any of the /lib/modules/2.4.18/.... directories. As a result can't dial >>>modem and thus have to use other OS to do this. >>>where is the option in kernel config to get this to compile?, I've tried >>>all sorts of switches, and still not happening. >>>(maybe another mandrake 7.2 thing?) >>> >>cd /usr/src/linux >>make menuconfig >>Network Device Support >> >><M> PPP (point-to-point protocol) support >>[ ] PPP Multilink support (EXPERMIENTAL) >>[ ] PPP Filtering >><M> PPP support for async serial ports >>< > PPP support for sync tty ports >><M> PPP deflate compression >><M> PPP BSD-Compress compression >> >>Selecting those options and recompiling without changing any other options >>_should_ make ppp work. >> > > Whups. I forgot to add that you must do > > make modules > > & > > make modules_install > > to get this to work.
You may also want/need something like the following in /etc/modules.conf: alias char-major-108 ppp_async alias ppp0 ppp_async alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate - knet -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
