Re: PPP in Kernel Module

["Ben Hill" <ben@javacoder.net>]

Hi,

<snip>

> >
> I just checked the "Help" screen within "make menuconfig", and it said
> that the ppp module was "ppp_generic.o"; that might be relevant.
>
> I also understand that the error message you're getting isn't
> necessarily correct; sometimes you get that message for other reasons.
> What happens if you run "pon" instead of "pppd"?

pon: command not found

>
> Are you doing this as root or a normal user?

as root

> Can you get the modem to dial (say, your cell phone for testing) from
> minicom, just to make sure the modem's working (it was unclear to me
> from your first paragraph or so if you really had the modem working
> properly)?
>

I have my Alcatel USB ADSL modem working, (syncing with my ISP), and I have
edited the /etc/ppp/options, /etc/ppp/chap-secrets and /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
file.

pppd seems to need to run the ppp module??


Cheers,

Ben