Re: PPP configuration, was Re: Uploaded boot-floppies 2.2.6 (source all) to master
The auto-detect is overly aggressive from what I've seen. I have a network
card, but did not load any drivers for it. The card is not connected to
anything. I still get the LAN configuration routine--that is, I don't get
the chance to do a dial-up configuration. I've seen this problem both in
2.2.6, when I was able to load the ppp driver, and 2.2.7, when I couldn't.
See bug 59256. Obviously my setup is a bit unusual. Furthermore, my modem
is at an unusual IRQ, so the system has trouble finding it til I give the
appropriate command (which I can't remember right now).
At 10:27 AM 3/4/00 +0100, Stefan Gybas wrote:
>Adam Di Carlo wrote:
>
>> It asks if you're on a LAN; ppp users in that dialog box are
>> instructed to say "no". I believe this prompt appears after it asks
>> for hostname.
>
>I have replaced this dialog with an automatic network interface detection
>(from /proc/net/dev) in 2.2.7. If there is an eth0/tr0/arc0 interface
>netconfig assumes that you want are connected to a LAN, if there is no
>interface at all it asks you to load the appropriate modules first (or
>just configure the loopback interface).
>
>So if you want to use PPP you have to load the ppp module first. Maybe an
>option to select PPP if no interface was found should be added. What should
>be done in this case? Set "PPP=1" in /root/dbootstrap_settings?
>
>--
>Stefan Gybas
>
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