From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 28 10:57:06 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA22490 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 28 Dec 1995 10:57:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov (root@ix-sb1-02.ix.netcom.com [204.32.201.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA22481 for ; Thu, 28 Dec 1995 10:57:03 -0800 (PST) Received: (from d_burr@localhost) by ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov (8.6.11/8.6.9) id LAA09613; Thu, 28 Dec 1995 11:00:28 -0800 Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 11:00:24 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Burr X-Sender: d_burr@ncc-1701-d To: Scott Iseminger cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPP startup In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 28 Dec 1995, Scott Iseminger wrote: > I'm trying to setup PPP on version 2.0 of FreeBSD but I'm running into > problems. I've tried the kermit example in the faq/ppp.doc file, for > establishing the PPP connection, but have come up empty. (I've also tried > using "chat"). > > I keep getting "PPP is not available on this system" after I successfully login > to the system providing PPP. > > I know that kermit closes the serial port when it exits, so I have tried > using "run" and "redirect" with pppd with no success. > > I'm using c-kermit 5A(190). Any suggestions??? Sounds like you kernel doesn't have PPP support compiled in. Add the line: pseudo-device ppp 1 to your kernel config file and rebuild. Donald Burr [d_burr@ix.netcom.com], PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212 TEL (805)564-1871 / FAX 564-2315 / WWW http://www.geopages.com/WallStreet/2072 PGP Public Key available by request (send e-mail) or on Public Key Servers. ** Uphold your right to privacy - Use PGP. **