[Fwd: PPP fails in RH 6.1 [more]]

[Bret Hughes <bhughes elevating com>]

Penny -
I found these browsing around in old messages:  It looks like the noauth addition
to the options file and adding the line

alias char-major-108 ppp_generic

to /etc/conf.modules  might do the trick.

the conf.modules file is used to load modules needed by the kernel to perform
certain tasks rather than compiling everything into the kernel.  By default RedHat
leaves most non-essential stuff as modules. This is a good idea in my opinion.   I
am not sure if this actually loads it or just tells the kernel that it is
availible if needed.

I don't have a lot of experience with 6.0 but will keep looking.  You might try
perusing /usr/doc/ppp-XXXXX


Bret
gnanaratne lucent com wrote:

>  Try adding "noauth" line in /etc/ppp/options file. This forces ppp to have no
>  default authorization.
>
>  Kohila Gnanaratne
>  Lucent Technologies
>
> > From redhat-list-request redhat com Wed Nov  3 16:16:31 1999
> > > X-Lines: 35
> >
> > > >>Nov  3 16:02:58 localhost modprobe: can't locate module char-major-108
> > >
> > > I've seen this as well for "module char-major 110" under RedHat 6.1.
> > > Whatever the case, it doesn't work for me either.
> > >
> > > The Mandrake 6.1 doesn't appear to have this problem.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know what the "can't locate module char major" message means
> > > exactly?
> >
> > I fixed the "can't locate module char-major-108" problem by placing the
> > following entry in /etc/conf.modules:
> > alias char-major-108 ppp_generic
> >
> > I found this hint in the ppp documentation (/usr/doc/ppp-XXXXX).
> >
> > However, that seems unrelated to my ppp problem of:
> > pppd[30575]: The remote system (ppp0) is required to authenticate itself
> > but I
> > pppd[30575]: couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to use
> > to do so.
> >
> > I'm stumped.  The lights come on but nothing happens.  It's as if ppp is
> > waiting for permission to begin dialling.
> >
> > Surely I can't be the only person who's had this problem.  I hope not...
> >
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