Re: Diald "obsolete" error

[lantz moore <lantzm@contigo.com>]

Ted> I'm trying to run diald to automate my PPP connection.  I don't
Ted> recall the exact sequence of events when I upgraded from kernel
Ted> 2.0.34 to 2.2.1, but it now generates the following lines in
Ted> /var/log/messages:

Feb  8 15:36:22 salsa kernel: diald uses obsolete (PF_INET,SOCK_PACKET) 
Feb  8 15:36:23 salsa diald[612]: Diald is dying with code 1

i saw the same messages when i upgraded.  the obsolete message doesn't
seem to matter.  for *me* the reason that diald wouldn't come up was that
the modules weren't loading.  so make sure that ppp and slip are loaded
and then give it another try.

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lantz moore, contigo software                              lmoore@contigo.com