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Re: pppd problem ?



Thanks for your help - that did the trick !!

Philipp
Christoph Groth wrote:

> Philipp Bliedung <philipp.bliedung@bliedung.de> writes:
>
> > It complains about the module: tty-ldisc-3. I have absolutely no
> > clue where I can get it from, I've never heared about anything lilke
> > that.  What do I have to do to get my modem working?
>
> Have a look at the file /etc/modutils/aliases (The files located in
> /etc/modutils/ are used to create /etc/modules.conf by the program
> `update-modules'.  See `man update-modules' for more information).
> There is a line
>
> alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async
>
> You'll need the kernel module ppp_async, so just activate the option
> `PPP support for async serial ports' in the kernel configuration.
> Perhaps you should activate the ppp-compression-modules, too.  IIRC
> ppp support was just one module in 2.2-kernels, now it appears to have
> been divided into several smaller modules.
>
> If there is some strange name and you don't know what it means you can
> always try:
>
> find /etc -type f | xargs grep strange_name
>
> This will often give you the vital hint.
>
> hope this helps,
> Christoph
>
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