Re: iMac MODEM AND KERNEL 2.4.8


Subject: Re: iMac MODEM AND KERNEL 2.4.8
From: Neill Miller (stuff@thecodefactory.org)
Date: Thu Oct 04 2001 - 15:49:41 MDT


On Thu, 4 Oct 2001 21:06:39 +0200
jose <josemanuel@valux.org> wrote:

> Please, continue without working with kppp (kde 2.2) and kernel 2.4.8,
> all works fine with kernel 2.2.19 :((, I'm getting mad, could anyone help
> me???. I have a standard YDL 2.0 with modutils and pppd packages updated
> for kernel running and pppd....
>
> I've tried kernel compiling options, /dev/ttyS* permissions, kppp ones,
> all runs with minicom but kppp isn't able to initialize the modem, only
> reads "Sorry, but modem doesn't responds" or anything similar.
>
> As root doesn't run,...
>
> Why can I do? Anybody could advice me please?.

Just a guess - but did you remember to either compile PPP support into the kernel, or select it as a module at compilation time? If so, check your /var/log/messages and /var/log/dmesg for any trace of PPP support initializing or failing.

-Neill.

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