Re: PPP where for out thou?

[Andy Bottman <Andy@Antifact.com>]

>>
>> 	I rebuilt my kernel and have lost support for PPP, when I use 'pon'
>> it says the kernel lacks support.
>> 	I keep rebuilding and using 'make menuconfig'  and I choose PPP
>> support under networking.  I can't find any other reference to PPP.
>> 	What am I missing?
>>
>
>This is actually one of Linux's worst error messages.  The problem is actually
>that you lack permission on the specified tty device to dial out.  SO instead
>your computer is trying to dial out via /dev/console (the thing you type on)
>which obviously is not a tty or ppp device --- hence the error.
>
>The solution is two fold.
>
>a) make sure that you told ppp the correct ttyS? device to dial out on

Yes I am sure that I told ppp the correct device, 'ttys0'.

>b) make sure said /dev/ttyS? is owned by group dip and that you (the user) are
>a member of group dip -- type groups at the prompt.

I am logged on as root when I am testing, as i understand I should have access.

Any other ideas?

Andy








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