[aclug-L] Re: modprobe question...

["Dale W Hodge" <dwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, gLaNDix wrote:
>
> > what do the following errors mean in my /var/log/syslog file?
>
> *cough* It means that on Nov 18 at 2:26 AM, modprobe couldn't locate
> the ppp-compress 21,24, and 26 modules *cough* :)
>
>
> > Nov 18 02:26:46 LLoYDix modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-21
> > Nov 18 02:26:46 LLoYDix modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-26
> > Nov 18 02:26:46 LLoYDix modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-24
> >
> > do i not have something compiled correctly for ppp?  is there some conf
> > file i need to edit to tell modprobe not to try to load them?
>
> If your ppp connection is fine, then edit /etc/modules.conf and put
> alias ppp-compress-21 off
> alias ppp-compress-24 off
> alias ppp-compress-26 off
>
> "Use the source" to determine their use.

This question comes up all the time on the linux-diald and linux-ppp lists.

Put the following in /etc/conf.modules:
alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp
alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate # protocol number from draft RFC
alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate # real protocol number.

This *should* fix your problem.

--dwh

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