From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 31 02:02:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA03380 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 02:02:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA03374 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 02:02:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id CAA00743; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 02:01:58 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 02:01:58 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Rob Hartill cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ppp problem 2.1.7 -> 2.2 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Rob Hartill wrote: > > > I've upgraded from 2.1.7 to 2.2 and am having trouble with ppp. > > With the 2.1.7 kernel ppp works, with 2.2 it doesn't. I assume this > is a routing problem but I've no idea how to fix it. > > Attached is a diff between GENERIC and my kernel config. > > On a related subject. I got stung by the UK ftp "mirror" that's > missing huge sections of the distribution... I only found out > when the upgrade noticed the missing files and got jammed (there > was no way to recover gracefully from it). > > Please Cc me directly. My online time is very limited due to the > need to switch kernels to get ppp working. What error messages are you getting? Make sure that pseudo-device ppp 3 is in your kernel config, rebuild, then do /dev/MAKEDEV ppp0 Diffs of kernel configs aren't useful; it's just as long to post the real thing. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major