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

[gLaNDix <kaufmjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff wrote:

> 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* :)

um, that's not quite what i meant...  : ^ )

> > 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

it is "fine", but what do they do?  would my connection be "more fine" if
one of them worked?

> "Use the source" to determine their use.

and how would that be accomplished?

jesse

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