Re: Modules/PPP

[Allan Nelson <anelson jump net>]

On Fri, 04 Sep 1998, Ernie Haller wrote:
>I had PPP working with my ISP quite well.  Then I installed KDE.  Day one
>of KDE was running fine.  I could still get to the internet and Netscape
>worked O.K.  The next day the kernel seems to have lost it's PPP config.
>When I load PPPD manually I get a message to the effect of 1) The kernel
>needs to be recompiled or 2) the module is not loaded.
>
>   I am assuming that somehow the module is no longer being loaded.  I know
>that the ppp package is installed - how can I load the ppp module
>dynamically (or at boot up)?  I have no idea what the name of the module is.

Here is a little script I use to set up ppp under KDE.
You will have to modify MDIR if you are using a different version of the kernel

#!/bin/sh

MDIR=/lib/modules/2.0.35/net

insmod $MDIR/slhc.o
insmod $MDIR/ppp.o

lsmod

/etc/ppp/ppp-on
sleep 30

ifconfig

Hope this helps
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Allan L. Nelson			
UNIX System Administrator
Oracle DBA