Subject: Re: PPP kernel 2.4.x?
From: Aake Svensson (aakesve@algonet.se)
Date: Thu Aug 23 2001 - 06:25:24 MDT
More info from demsg and /var/log/messages:
Various reports (snippets) which might be of interrest to my
aforementioned PPP-problem:
dmesg:
'...
PPP generic driver version 2.4.1
...
PowerMac Z8530 serial driver version 2.0
ttyS0 at 0xca81a020 (irq = 15) is a Z8530 ESCC, port = modem
ttyS1 at 0xca821000 (irq = 16) is a Z8530 ESCC, port = printer
...
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
IP: routing cache hash table of 1024 buckets, 8Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 16384 bind 16384)
ip_conntrack (1152 buckets, 9216 max)
ip_tables: (c)2000 Netfilter core team
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
...'
/var/log/messages:
'...
Aug 23 13:46:44 Linuxserver sysctl: net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
Aug 23 13:46:44 Linuxserver sysctl: net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
Aug 23 13:46:44 Linuxserver sysctl: kernel.sysrq = 0
Aug 23 13:46:44 Linuxserver sysctl: error:
'net.ipv4.ip_always_defrag' is an unknown key
...
Aug 23 13:46:45 Linuxserver rc.sysinit: Finding module dependencies: succeeded
...
Aug 23 13:46:55 Linuxserver modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0
...
Aug 23 13:47:00 Linuxserver kernel: PPP generic driver version 2.4.1
...
>Hi again!
>
>Without this forum I would be totally lost! Hope you guys can bare
>with a bit longer?
>
>Now, I have ppp problems with kernel 2.4.8 on a PPC7600/132Mhz/144
>RAM, two disks - one for MacOS and one 3 GB for YDL2.0 full
>install(everything without caffeine)- 16 MB boot, 288 MB SWAP
>partitions.
>
> What I've done so far is:
>
>* Tried several compilations of kernel 2.4.8 -1 kernel with
>"standard" ppp built in- 1 with all ppp alternatives built in - 1
>with ppp alternatives as modules. All kernel variations work well
>except for ppp!
>*FInally I found ppp-2.4.1-b1 and succesfully made ./configure ,
>make, make install seemingly without any glitches - no error
>reports! And since this install only installs the user invoked
>modules I thought it would work on a 2.4.8 kernel !?
>*Read all previous mails in this forum concering ppp from YDL2.0
>introduction and tried './MAKEDEV ppp' in /dev/ - doesn't help me.
>*Reading up on ppp-configuration - "PPP-How to", ISP-Hookup etc etc
>- found at Google etc - and tried writing chatscript in /etc/ppp/
>and "isp" script in /etc/ppp/peers/
>* Trying 'pppd' only. at the command line produces garbled lines of
>text until the prompt comes back again.
>*Trying exactly to write scripts as recommended in the pppd man page
>and running "pppd call 'script' " only gets me back to the prompt
>without any delay and/or messages.
>* dmesg after bootup tells me that PPP 2.4.1 is loaded and also "ppp_deflate"
>*If the garbled text produced with the 'pppd' only command would be
>readable it would probably state that "The kernel lacks support for
>ppp or ppp modules aren't loaded" - although dmesg tells me they
>are. At least it did before I made './MAKEDEV ppp'.
>*I have had contact with the external modem on ttyS0 - and it seems
>I've compiled support for serial ports into the kernel on boot up.
>
>What can be recommended for this? Should I try kernel 2.4.9? Should
>i reinstall Linux completely? Or get another ppp-rpm?
>
>If more information is needed like error messages and the like, I
>will gladly forward whatever you need.
>
>Regards,
>
>Aake Svensson. again
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