Install ppp modules

Install ppp modules

[Sascha Kiefer]

Hi,

I have a v-server; godaddy.com ist my provider

Linux ip-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.ip.secureserver.net 2.6.9-023stab043.1-smp #1 SMP
Mon Mar 5 16:35:19 MSK 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Ppp is not in the kernel

/usr/sbin/pppd says:

/usr/sbin/pppd: This system lacks kernel support for PPP.  This could be
because
the PPP kernel module could not be loaded, or because PPP was not
included in the kernel configuration.  If PPP was included as a
module, try `/sbin/modprobe -v ppp'.  If that fails, check that
ppp.o exists in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/net.
See README.linux file in the ppp distribution for more details.

/sbin/modprobe -v ppp says:
FATAL: Module ppp not found.

Ok. I guess i can not rebuild the kernel.
What other options do i have?
I'm not that fmiliar with linux so please be gentle! ;)

Regards,
Sascha

Re: Install ppp modules

[Bill Unruh]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Sascha Kiefer wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a v-server; godaddy.com ist my provider
>
> Linux ip-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.ip.secureserver.net 2.6.9-023stab043.1-smp #1 SMP
> Mon Mar 5 16:35:19 MSK 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

You do not tell us what distro this is. Try
ppp_generic, ppp_async 
as modules to load.

>
> Ppp is not in the kernel
>
> /usr/sbin/pppd says:
>
> /usr/sbin/pppd: This system lacks kernel support for PPP.  This could be
> because
> the PPP kernel module could not be loaded, or because PPP was not
> included in the kernel configuration.  If PPP was included as a
> module, try `/sbin/modprobe -v ppp'.  If that fails, check that
> ppp.o exists in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/net.
> See README.linux file in the ppp distribution for more details.
>
> /sbin/modprobe -v ppp says:
> FATAL: Module ppp not found.
>
> Ok. I guess i can not rebuild the kernel.
> What other options do i have?
> I'm not that fmiliar with linux so please be gentle! ;)

First look in config (/boot/config maybe) to see if PPP is in the kernel.


>
> Regards,
> Sascha
>
>
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RE: Install ppp modules

[Sascha Kiefer]

Hi,

/lib/modules/2.6.9-023stab043.1-smp is totally empty.

Centos 5, i believe



-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Unruh [mailto:unruh@physics.ubc.ca] 
Sent: Mittwoch, 16. April 2008 21:30
To: Sascha Kiefer
Cc: linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Install ppp modules


On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Sascha Kiefer wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a v-server; godaddy.com ist my provider
>
> Linux ip-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.ip.secureserver.net 2.6.9-023stab043.1-smp #1 
> SMP Mon Mar 5 16:35:19 MSK 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

You do not tell us what distro this is. Try
ppp_generic, ppp_async 
as modules to load.

>
> Ppp is not in the kernel
>
> /usr/sbin/pppd says:
>
> /usr/sbin/pppd: This system lacks kernel support for PPP.  This could 
> be because the PPP kernel module could not be loaded, or because PPP 
> was not included in the kernel configuration.  If PPP was included as 
> a module, try `/sbin/modprobe -v ppp'.  If that fails, check that
> ppp.o exists in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/net.
> See README.linux file in the ppp distribution for more details.
>
> /sbin/modprobe -v ppp says:
> FATAL: Module ppp not found.
>
> Ok. I guess i can not rebuild the kernel.
> What other options do i have?
> I'm not that fmiliar with linux so please be gentle! ;)

First look in config (/boot/config maybe) to see if PPP is in the kernel.


>
> Regards,
> Sascha
>
>
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RE: Install ppp modules

[Bill Unruh]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Sascha Kiefer wrote:

> Hi,
>
> /lib/modules/2.6.9-023stab043.1-smp is totally empty.
>
> Centos 5, i believe

Something got really really screwed up in the installation.

>
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Sascha Kiefer wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a v-server; godaddy.com ist my provider
>>
>> Linux ip-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.ip.secureserver.net 2.6.9-023stab043.1-smp #1
>> SMP Mon Mar 5 16:35:19 MSK 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
> You do not tell us what distro this is. Try
> ppp_generic, ppp_async
> as modules to load.
>
>>
>> Ppp is not in the kernel
>>
>> /usr/sbin/pppd says:
>>
>> /usr/sbin/pppd: This system lacks kernel support for PPP.  This could
>> be because the PPP kernel module could not be loaded, or because PPP
>> was not included in the kernel configuration.  If PPP was included as
>> a module, try `/sbin/modprobe -v ppp'.  If that fails, check that
>> ppp.o exists in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/net.
>> See README.linux file in the ppp distribution for more details.
>>
>> /sbin/modprobe -v ppp says:
>> FATAL: Module ppp not found.
>>
>> Ok. I guess i can not rebuild the kernel.
>> What other options do i have?
>> I'm not that fmiliar with linux so please be gentle! ;)
>
> First look in config (/boot/config maybe) to see if PPP is in the kernel.
>
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sascha
>>
>>
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>> in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo
>> info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
>>
>
>

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RE: Install ppp modules

[Sascha Kiefer]

I figured.
Can i reinstall the missing files? How?

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-ppp-owner@vger.kernel.org
[mailto:linux-ppp-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Bill Unruh
Sent: Mittwoch, 16. April 2008 21:40
To: Sascha Kiefer
Cc: linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE: Install ppp modules


On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Sascha Kiefer wrote:

> Hi,
>
> /lib/modules/2.6.9-023stab043.1-smp is totally empty.
>
> Centos 5, i believe

Something got really really screwed up in the installation.

>
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Sascha Kiefer wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a v-server; godaddy.com ist my provider
>>
>> Linux ip-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.ip.secureserver.net 2.6.9-023stab043.1-smp 
>> #1 SMP Mon Mar 5 16:35:19 MSK 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
> You do not tell us what distro this is. Try
> ppp_generic, ppp_async
> as modules to load.
>
>>
>> Ppp is not in the kernel
>>
>> /usr/sbin/pppd says:
>>
>> /usr/sbin/pppd: This system lacks kernel support for PPP.  This could 
>> be because the PPP kernel module could not be loaded, or because PPP 
>> was not included in the kernel configuration.  If PPP was included as 
>> a module, try `/sbin/modprobe -v ppp'.  If that fails, check that 
>> ppp.o exists in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/net. See README.linux file in 
>> the ppp distribution for more details.
>>
>> /sbin/modprobe -v ppp says:
>> FATAL: Module ppp not found.
>>
>> Ok. I guess i can not rebuild the kernel.
>> What other options do i have?
>> I'm not that fmiliar with linux so please be gentle! ;)
>
> First look in config (/boot/config maybe) to see if PPP is in the 
> kernel.
>
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sascha
>>
>>
>> --
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>> in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo 
>> info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
>>
>
>

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RE: Install ppp modules

[Bill Unruh]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Sascha Kiefer wrote:

> I figured.
> Can i reinstall the missing files? How?

reinstall the kernel? I donot know Centos, so do not know how they install
stuff (rpm?)

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-ppp-owner@vger.kernel.org
> [mailto:linux-ppp-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Bill Unruh
> Sent: Mittwoch, 16. April 2008 21:40
> To: Sascha Kiefer
> Cc: linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: RE: Install ppp modules
>
>
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Sascha Kiefer wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> /lib/modules/2.6.9-023stab043.1-smp is totally empty.
>>
>> Centos 5, i believe
>
> Something got really really screwed up in the installation.
>
>>
>> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Sascha Kiefer wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have a v-server; godaddy.com ist my provider
>>>
>>> Linux ip-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.ip.secureserver.net 2.6.9-023stab043.1-smp
>>> #1 SMP Mon Mar 5 16:35:19 MSK 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>
>> You do not tell us what distro this is. Try
>> ppp_generic, ppp_async
>> as modules to load.
>>
>>>
>>> Ppp is not in the kernel
>>>
>>> /usr/sbin/pppd says:
>>>
>>> /usr/sbin/pppd: This system lacks kernel support for PPP.  This could
>>> be because the PPP kernel module could not be loaded, or because PPP
>>> was not included in the kernel configuration.  If PPP was included as
>>> a module, try `/sbin/modprobe -v ppp'.  If that fails, check that
>>> ppp.o exists in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/net. See README.linux file in
>>> the ppp distribution for more details.
>>>
>>> /sbin/modprobe -v ppp says:
>>> FATAL: Module ppp not found.
>>>
>>> Ok. I guess i can not rebuild the kernel.
>>> What other options do i have?
>>> I'm not that fmiliar with linux so please be gentle! ;)
>>
>> First look in config (/boot/config maybe) to see if PPP is in the
>> kernel.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Sascha
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>> in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo
>>> info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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RE: Install ppp modules

[Sascha Kiefer]

rpm and yum ...

So, ppp has to build into the kernel? Can not run otherwise?
Send an ticket to the provider ... Maybe he knows ...

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Unruh [mailto:unruh@physics.ubc.ca] 
Sent: Mittwoch, 16. April 2008 21:55
To: Sascha Kiefer
Cc: linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE: Install ppp modules


On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Sascha Kiefer wrote:

> I figured.
> Can i reinstall the missing files? How?

reinstall the kernel? I donot know Centos, so do not know how they install
stuff (rpm?)

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-ppp-owner@vger.kernel.org 
> [mailto:linux-ppp-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Bill Unruh
> Sent: Mittwoch, 16. April 2008 21:40
> To: Sascha Kiefer
> Cc: linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: RE: Install ppp modules
>
>
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Sascha Kiefer wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> /lib/modules/2.6.9-023stab043.1-smp is totally empty.
>>
>> Centos 5, i believe
>
> Something got really really screwed up in the installation.
>
>>
>> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Sascha Kiefer wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have a v-server; godaddy.com ist my provider
>>>
>>> Linux ip-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.ip.secureserver.net 2.6.9-023stab043.1-smp 
>>> #1 SMP Mon Mar 5 16:35:19 MSK 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>
>> You do not tell us what distro this is. Try
>> ppp_generic, ppp_async
>> as modules to load.
>>
>>>
>>> Ppp is not in the kernel
>>>
>>> /usr/sbin/pppd says:
>>>
>>> /usr/sbin/pppd: This system lacks kernel support for PPP.  This 
>>> could be because the PPP kernel module could not be loaded, or 
>>> because PPP was not included in the kernel configuration.  If PPP 
>>> was included as a module, try `/sbin/modprobe -v ppp'.  If that 
>>> fails, check that ppp.o exists in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/net. See 
>>> README.linux file in the ppp distribution for more details.
>>>
>>> /sbin/modprobe -v ppp says:
>>> FATAL: Module ppp not found.
>>>
>>> Ok. I guess i can not rebuild the kernel.
>>> What other options do i have?
>>> I'm not that fmiliar with linux so please be gentle! ;)
>>
>> First look in config (/boot/config maybe) to see if PPP is in the 
>> kernel.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Sascha
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ppp" 
>>> in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo 
>>> info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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RE: Install ppp modules

[Charlie Brady]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Bill Unruh wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Sascha Kiefer wrote:
>
>>  Hi,
>>
>>  /lib/modules/2.6.9-023stab043.1-smp is totally empty.
>>
>>  Centos 5, i believe

That kernel is neither CentOS 4 nor CentOS 5 - but closer to the former.

> Something got really really screwed up in the installation.

Perhaps. Another possibility is that somebody upgraded the kernel rpm and 
then hasn't yet rebooted.

RE: Install ppp modules

[Bill Unruh]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Sascha Kiefer wrote:

> rpm and yum ...
>
> So, ppp has to build into the kernel? Can not run otherwise?
> Send an ticket to the provider ... Maybe he knows ...

No, it can be a module as well. But your system has no modules, which is
very very weird. (Or did you forget to look as root, rather than as a
user?)

So as root, do 
rpm -Uhv --force kernel-?????.rpm

To reinstall the kernel, if it is really true that there are no modules.
(but first log on as root, and make sure that there really are no modules
for your kernel.


>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Unruh [mailto:unruh@physics.ubc.ca]
> Sent: Mittwoch, 16. April 2008 21:55
> To: Sascha Kiefer
> Cc: linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: RE: Install ppp modules
>
>
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Sascha Kiefer wrote:
>
>> I figured.
>> Can i reinstall the missing files? How?
>
> reinstall the kernel? I donot know Centos, so do not know how they install
> stuff (rpm?)
>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: linux-ppp-owner@vger.kernel.org
>> [mailto:linux-ppp-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Bill Unruh
>> Sent: Mittwoch, 16. April 2008 21:40
>> To: Sascha Kiefer
>> Cc: linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org
>> Subject: RE: Install ppp modules
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Sascha Kiefer wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> /lib/modules/2.6.9-023stab043.1-smp is totally empty.
>>>
>>> Centos 5, i believe
>>
>> Something got really really screwed up in the installation.
>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Sascha Kiefer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have a v-server; godaddy.com ist my provider
>>>>
>>>> Linux ip-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.ip.secureserver.net 2.6.9-023stab043.1-smp
>>>> #1 SMP Mon Mar 5 16:35:19 MSK 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>>
>>> You do not tell us what distro this is. Try
>>> ppp_generic, ppp_async
>>> as modules to load.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ppp is not in the kernel
>>>>
>>>> /usr/sbin/pppd says:
>>>>
>>>> /usr/sbin/pppd: This system lacks kernel support for PPP.  This
>>>> could be because the PPP kernel module could not be loaded, or
>>>> because PPP was not included in the kernel configuration.  If PPP
>>>> was included as a module, try `/sbin/modprobe -v ppp'.  If that
>>>> fails, check that ppp.o exists in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/net. See
>>>> README.linux file in the ppp distribution for more details.
>>>>
>>>> /sbin/modprobe -v ppp says:
>>>> FATAL: Module ppp not found.
>>>>
>>>> Ok. I guess i can not rebuild the kernel.
>>>> What other options do i have?
>>>> I'm not that fmiliar with linux so please be gentle! ;)
>>>
>>> First look in config (/boot/config maybe) to see if PPP is in the
>>> kernel.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Sascha
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ppp"
>>>> in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo
>>>> info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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RE: Install ppp modules

[Bill Unruh]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Charlie Brady wrote:

>
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Bill Unruh wrote:
>
>>  On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Sascha Kiefer wrote:
>> 
>> >   Hi,
>> > 
>> >   /lib/modules/2.6.9-023stab043.1-smp is totally empty.
>> > 
>> >   Centos 5, i believe
>
> That kernel is neither CentOS 4 nor CentOS 5 - but closer to the former.
>
>>  Something got really really screwed up in the installation.
>
> Perhaps. Another possibility is that somebody upgraded the kernel rpm and 
> then hasn't yet rebooted.

No idea how that would produce an installation with no modules. 
What does 
ls /lib/modules
give?

RE: Install ppp modules

[Charlie Brady]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Bill Unruh wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Charlie Brady wrote:
...
>>  Perhaps. Another possibility is that somebody upgraded the kernel rpm and
>>  then hasn't yet rebooted.
>
> No idea how that would produce an installation with no modules.

That would produce an installation where the modules were in a different 
directory, corresponding to a different kernel than the one currently 
running.

RE: Install ppp modules

[Bill Unruh]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Charlie Brady wrote:

>
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Bill Unruh wrote:
>
>>  On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Charlie Brady wrote:
> ...
>> >   Perhaps. Another possibility is that somebody upgraded the kernel rpm 
>> >   and
>> >   then hasn't yet rebooted.
>>
>>  No idea how that would produce an installation with no modules.
>
> That would produce an installation where the modules were in a different 
> directory, corresponding to a different kernel than the one currently 
> running.

If he used rpm -U AND the kernels all had the same name under Centos. Or he
did rpm -e on a running kernel ( which is bad).

But I would have assumed that he told us all of the /lib/modules paths that
he had, but maybe not. 
>

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Re: Install ppp modules

[Sascha Kiefer]

Bill Unruh wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Charlie Brady wrote:
>
>>
>> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Bill Unruh wrote:
>>
>>>  On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Sascha Kiefer wrote:
>>>
>>> >   Hi,
>>> > >   /lib/modules/2.6.9-023stab043.1-smp is totally empty.
>>> > >   Centos 5, i believe
>>
>> That kernel is neither CentOS 4 nor CentOS 5 - but closer to the former.
>>
>>>  Something got really really screwed up in the installation.
>>
>> Perhaps. Another possibility is that somebody upgraded the kernel rpm 
>> and then hasn't yet rebooted.
>
> No idea how that would produce an installation with no modules. What 
> does ls /lib/modules
> give?
>
>
ls /lib/modules/
2.6.9-023stab043.1-smp

(i created that dir; it was not there before

ls /lib/modules/2.6.9-023stab043.1-smp/
modules.alias   modules.ieee1394map  modules.ofmap     modules.symbols
modules.ccwmap  modules.inputmap     modules.pcimap    modules.usbmap
modules.dep     modules.isapnpmap    modules.seriomap

(i made a  /sbin/depmod -ae)

not root, but used su