PPP and kernel 2.0.36

[Kenneth Scharf <scharkalvin@yahoo.com>]

I remember getting that error message.  The problem was not related to
the kernel.  

1: make sure that you are a member of the group owning rights to
execute ppp.  (I think it was dial)

2: make sure you are using the right serial device.  such as
/dev/ttyS1  (the S is in CAPS!!!) I got that exact error when I was
using the wrong serial device to dial out on.  (cryptic stupid error
message...some program must be trapping all errors at one point).

3: script starting pppd must be suid (I think)
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  From:
        Paul Miller <pmiller@jove.acs.unt.edu>

I have just installed the lastest stable kernel 2.0.36 and PPP does not
work for me. I have compiled it into the kernel. The version is the
2.2.0 version of PPP. I have tried patching the kernel to PPP v2.3.3 to
no avail. 

I am using the Debian PPP package 2.3.5-2. I am running the Hamm version
of Debian. Upon attempting to run pppd I get the following:

This system lacks kernel support for PPP.  This could be because the PPP
kernel module is not loaded, or because the kernel is not configured for
PPP.  See the README.linux file in the ppp-2.3.5 distribution. 

I do see PPP in the boot up text, so the kernel does appear to be
loading PPP

PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation)
TCP compression code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of
California
PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright 1995 Caldera, Inc.
PPP line discipline registered.

Any thoughts on this one? 

Thanx in advance.



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