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Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 23:18:17 -0800
From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: This kernel lacks ppp support?
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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:
> 
>   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.

This is a "feature" of the new code.  You have to ifconfig the PPP
interface to create it.  See the recent discussion on the module
loading of PPP, and whether it should be automatic, and the interface
existance test code that was changes.  It's in the -current archives
from 2 weeks ago.

-- Terry

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