Re: diald and kernel problems
> I trying to set up diald. I had to recompile my kernel to enable
> slip support. I made it a module. I did
>
> make mrproper,
> make config,
> make dep,
> make clean,
> make zImage,
> make modules,
> make modules-install.
>
> It looked to me as though they all terminated normally. I can boot from the
> new kernel no problems. The boot up messages tell me that diald is being
> started. However, `ps -ax | grep diald' reveals nothing.
> /var/log/daemon.log tells me:
>
> Sep 13 02:55:46
> modprobe: no dependency information for module:
> "/lib/modules/2.0.30/net/slip.o"
I haven't seen another answer here, so try, "depmod -a"
after installing the modules.
> In /var/log/messages:
>
> Sep 13 02:55:47
> diald[112]: SLIP not supported by kernel, can't build proxy.
> diald[112]: Diald is dieing with code 1
>
> I don't know if this is pertinent, but in /var/log/degub...
>
> Sep 13 02:42:10
> kernel: Max size:324376 Log zone size:2048
> kernel: First datazone:28 Root inode number
> 57344
>
> /var/log/diald is empty.
>
> Can anyone tell me what I did wrong with SLIP ? Here's the configure
> details from /usr/src/linux/.config:
>
> # Network device support
> #
> CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
> CONFIG_DUMMY=m
> # CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
> CONFIG_PLIP=m
> CONFIG_PPP=m
>
> #
> # CCP compressors for PPP are only built as modules.
> #
> CONFIG_SLIP=m
> CONFIG_SLIP_COMPRESSED=y
> # CONFIG_SLIP_SMART is not set
> # CONFIG_SLIP_MODE_SLIP6 is not set
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gerald
>
>
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