From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: carlsonj@workingcode.com Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:33:08 +0000 Subject: Re: pppd don't create ppp-network-device Message-Id: <16712.21156.383528.76301@carlson.workingcode.com> List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org p.boehm@d-trust.net writes: > I ask me why ppp does not create a new ppp-device, although it starts correctly (automatically > loaded into > kernel after start of pppd): Use the 'debug' option and make sure that either /etc/syslog.conf has daemon.debug directed to a file, or that you use the 'updetach' option to send the debug information to your tty. strace doesn't really record the needed information to debug the problem. > 1207 read(0, "\x54\x5a\x69\x66\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"..., 4096) = 837 It seems like the peer said "TZif". Not sure why, as you've not included debug information. > In kernel-config CONFIG_PPP Switches are set (as modules) and will supported by my kernel (out of > CONFIG_PPP_MULTILINK) > Any ideas where the problem could be? Or how I can find it? > > Currently I study the ppp_generic sources to understand how it works, and that's my study-results so > far ... You shouldn't need to stare at the code to configure a PPP link. Just what exactly are you trying to do? Are you trying to modify pppd's source code or are you trying to set up a PPP link? -- James Carlson