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Date:      Mon, 31 Mar 1997 02:01:58 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Rob Hartill <robh@imdb.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ppp problem 2.1.7 -> 2.2
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970331020112.397e-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970318214935.431A-100000@localhost.imdb.com>

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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




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