On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 12:27:03AM +0200, John L Fjellstad wrote:
> Kevin Mark <kmark+debian-user@pipeline.com> writes:
>
> >> Running 2.6.7 on my server. Make sure that /sys/class/ppp/ppp gets
> >> created (it has everything to do with sysfs and not udev actually).
> >>
> > I run Linux debian 2.6.4-1-386 #1 Sat Mar 13 17:49:12 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
> > debian bin. kernel and udev
> > ii udev 0.030-1 /dev/ management daemon
> > package.
> > I did 'find /sys |grep ppp' and it got:
> > /sys/cdev/major/ppp
> > Is this what I should alias to /dev/ppp ?
>
> No, it should be /sys/class/ppp/ppp. In the last ppp directory, there
> should be a dev file. This dev file tells you what the major and minor
> number is. Interesting enough, I don't see any /sys/cdev directory in
> my /sys filesystem.
>
> Do you have ppp_generic module loaded?
Hi John, lsmod says yes!
>
> Also, try upgraded your kernel. I'm not sure which version of 2.6 got
> the ppp device in /sys. I know the earlier version of 2.6 didn't have
> it.
>
I read in bugs.debian.org about upgrading the kernel but I dont recall
it saying which one has it. I have 'Linux debian 2.6.4-1-386 #1 Sat Mar
13 17:49:12 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux' from a debian kernel.
I will consider upgrading the kernel but it may take a while on dialup!
-Kev
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