Hall Stevenson wrote:
Before compiling the 2.4.1 kernel I used apt-get dist-upgrade to install all the available upgrades in the stable distribution,. I then checked against the list in changes and found that I still had only modutils 2.3.11-13.1. I used apt-get install modutils to get version 2.4.1-2. Still dpkg -l shows that I still have only ppp 2.3.11-1.4. I will try getting ppp 2.4.0 from the unstable distribution.I compiled 2.4.1 and tried to sign on the internet. pppd sent a string that caused the connection to fail. I reloaced 2.2.12 and signed on with no difficulty in order to send this message. Any ideas?You need a specific, updated version of pppd to work with kernels 2.4.x. All the updated/required packages are detailed in the "changes" (or is it "Changes") file included with the kernel. Regards Hall
I am a little nervous about this - I really want to use some of the features of 2.4 but why should I have to obtain packages from the unstable distribution for a stable kernel distribution?