Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 21:36:25 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: FreeBSD current users <FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: This kernel lacks ppp support? Message-ID: <20021107213625.A23527@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <20021108020113.GK35585@wantadilla.lemis.com>; from grog@FreeBSD.ORG on Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 12:31:13PM %2B1030 References: <20021108020113.GK35585@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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--SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 12:31:13PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > I've just tried to start pppd on two different -CURRENT machines, one > built on 26 October, the other on 5 November. In each case I get the > following message: >=20 > pppd: This system lacks kernel support for PPP. To include PPP support > in the kernel, please follow the steps detailed in the README.bsd > file in the ppp-2.2 distribution. >=20 > Both kernel config files contain the requisite >=20 > options ppp >=20 > In addition, I don't see anything looking like ppp-2.2. Is this a > bogon in the import of pppd? pppd's prior to Tue Nov 5 05:58:31 2002 UTC don't work with ppp(4) devices after the cloning conversion. If you upgrade it should work. As a workaround, you can do an "ifconfig ppp0 create" before running pppd. The change on the 5th was to test for ppp support by checking that the module was compiled in or loaded rather then testing for interfaces. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9y01YXY6L6fI4GtQRAjWdAJ9GoSJUhB/ZdLBXYYOBth+OpNjZwwCeIWiF faziTMGnMMt9f/VpYBZ/JKc= =T7vu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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