Re: [aclug-L] ppp -prob (fwd)

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's very strange.  What kernel version do you have, and what pppd
version?


Bijaya Hamal <bj01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Dear Sir / Madame , 
> I am a newbie at linux . I am using redhat linux 5.0 on a intel pentium
> machine . I seem to have a problem with the pppd which is of pppd 2.3.3 .
> After I issue the ff command : modprobe ppp0
> If  I do : lsmod 
> It shows  :
> module     pages 
> ppp          5
> slhc         2
> If I do dmesg , it shows :- 
> ppp version 2.2.0 (dynamic channnel allocation)
> ppp dynamic channel allocation copyright  caldera
> ppp line discipline regs ........
> 
> So far so good . But when I use minicom , dial my isp and exit minicom
> with alt -x-q  and excute the ff script 
> which I have save as m.ppp
> 
> #/bin/sh
> /usr/sbin/pppd  -detach crtscts defaultroute /dev/ttys0 38000 & 
> 
> it give the ff error message :-
> this system lacks kernel support of ppp
> .this could be because ppp kernel module is not loaded ,
>  or because kernel is not configured for ppp. 
> 
> 
> >From a dialer with a win95 kind of interface , named XISP , 
> in PATH TO :- it shows an error in the 
> Xisp utilites (xispdial  & xispterm ) 
> /usr/lib/ppp             error 
> 
> After I do connect it gives the ff message :-
> pppd 2.3.3 started by root connection script failed , unknown reason 
> 
> 
> Please help me in solving the prob. Thanks in advance .
> 
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