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Re: General kernel questions



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On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 09:12:11AM -0500, David Kanter wrote:
> I wanted to customize my kernel over the weekend, but after looking at what I assumed to be the current kernel configuration (i.e., the options selected when viewing make xconfig), I was left with some questions.
> 
> For instance, during boot-up I get the PPP messages. But in make xconfig, PPP ability is turned off---the radio button selected is "n," not "y" or "m." In fact, I think all modules are turned off in make xconfig.
> 
> How can this be? Why am I able to use PPP (via pon or wvdial) when the module isn't apparently there? However, during installation, I did select PPP as a module. I'm quite confused.

looks like you did configure your new kernel sources for compilation, but
did you actually compile it? Did you read /usr/src/linux/README ?

just a thought,
Marcin

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Marcin Owsiany
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