Re: ioctl(ppp_dev_fd, PPPIOCSCOMPRESS, (caddr_t) &data) fails

[Jay Nitikman <jay@permeable.com>]

Okay, I have more information.  My boot log does not show the following 
line:

PPP MPPE Compression module registered

Which seems to be required in order for MPPE to be valid.  I have no 
idea what would prevent the compiled-in MPPE module from registering.

Any ideas would be helpful.

Jay

Jay Nitikman wrote:
> My working vpn connection stopped working "suddenly". I did some testing 
> and discovered that the call:
> 
> ioctl(ppp_dev_fd, PPPIOCSCOMPRESS, (caddr_t) &data)
> 
> in ccp_test() in sys-linux.c in pppd always returns EINVAL.
> 
> My kernel, 2.6.10-gentoo-r6, has MPPE compiled in, not as a module.
> The ppp_dev_fd has a value of "22" which seems reasonable.  So it 
> appears that PPPIOCSCOMPRESS is invalid.  Huh?
> 
> I am using Gentoo ppp-2.4.3-r9.
> 
> This has been working fine for months.  I have tried rebooting, both 
> cold and warm.  I've tried rebuilding ppp-2.4.3-r9.  I've tried 
> ppp-2.4.2-r15.  My vpn provider says that nothing has changed on their 
> side.
> 
> Any ideas why that ioctl should fail and how to fix it?
> 

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