From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 19 Jan 2001 08:02:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 19 Jan 2001 08:02:12 -0500 Received: from galileo.bork.org ([209.217.122.37]:48392 "HELO galileo.bork.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 19 Jan 2001 08:02:04 -0500 Subject: Re: pppoe in 2.4.0 From: Martin Hicks To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200101190610.f0J6AUK05724@caliban.org> In-Reply-To: <200101190610.f0J6AUK05724@caliban.org> Content-Type: text/plain X-Mailer: Evolution 0.8 (Developer Preview) Date: 19 Jan 2001 08:00:40 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Thank you all. I was silly and didn't create the /dev/ppp device. On 19 Jan 2001 07:10:30 +0100, Ian Macdonald wrote: > On 19 Jan 2001 03:51:20 +0100 in caliban.linux.kernel, you wrote: > > >Does anyone have pppoe working with 2.4.0? > > > >I'm running 2.4.0-ac9 with ppp and pppoe compiled into the kernel (I've > >tried with modules too) > > > >The pppd simply refuses to acknowlege the presence of ppp support in the > >kernel. > >The last release of pppd was in august 2000. Was this before the ppp > >interface in the > >kernel was overhauled? > > Have you aliased the new module name to ppp? > > I'm using pppd just for simple dial-up from home, but I needed to add > the following line to /etc/modules.conf before pppd would load the > correct module: > > alias ppp ppp_async > > However, I couldn't get PPP to work when I compiled it directly into > the kernel. > > Ian > -- > Ian Macdonald | "Language shapes the way we think, and > Senior System Administrator | determines what we can think about." -- B. > Linuxcare, Inc. | L. Whorf > Support for the Revolution | > | > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- Martin Hicks || mort@bork.org Use PGP/GnuPG || DSS PGP Key: 0x4C7F2BEE Beer: So much more than just a breakfast drink. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/