pppd and 2.4.0pre10

pppd and 2.4.0pre10

[Alex Buell]

tahallah[alex]:/home/alex > ppp-on

tahallah[alex]:/home/alex > /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 t

I'm getting this problem each time I start pppd whenever I dial up if the
ppp modules have been unloaded from memory. The odd thing is that I can
repeat 'ppp-on' and it will work fine! Notice how the rest of the text in
the above output from pppd is cut off.

Cheers, 
Alex
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Re: pppd and 2.4.0pre10

[John Shifflett]

On Sat, Nov 04, 2000 at 05:59:21PM +0000, Alex Buell wrote:

> I'm getting this problem each time I start pppd whenever I dial up if the
> ppp modules have been unloaded from memory. The odd thing is that I can
> repeat 'ppp-on' and it will work fine!

   Another odd thing is that I have the same problem, but with ppp
   compiled into the kernel (present in /proc/devices). There doesn't
   seem to be any way to fool it into working in my case. 'pppd' version
   is 2.4.0.

      John Shifflett    john@geolog.com

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Re: pppd and 2.4.0pre10

[Eyal Lebedinsky]

Alex Buell wrote:
> 
> tahallah[alex]:/home/alex > ppp-on
> 
> tahallah[alex]:/home/alex > /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,

I have something different with ppp on 2.4.0-test10. I very often get
the ppp link up, I can ping the ISP end of the connection, but nothing
else. All the pppd messages look just fine coming up.

I called the ISP tech support and they say my connection is not showing
as active on their end. Then again Telstra (the Australian telco people)
have sold their soul to the devil and when you say you use Linux (or
anything non MS windows) they go very unhelpful reciting their mantra
"we only support windows" to everything I say.

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Re: pppd and 2.4.0pre10

[Bill West]

On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 09:56:49AM +1100, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
> Alex Buell wrote:
> > 
> > tahallah[alex]:/home/alex > ppp-on
> > 
> > tahallah[alex]:/home/alex > /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,
> 
> I have something different with ppp on 2.4.0-test10. I very often get
> the ppp link up, I can ping the ISP end of the connection, but nothing
> else. All the pppd messages look just fine coming up.
> 

And something even more different. Dialin ppp connections to my 2.4.pre10
box with pppd version 2.4.0 is successful but uses all available CPU
resources. Load avg's stay around 1.5 with just pppd using resources.

excerpt from top:

107 processes: 104 sleeping, 3 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU states:  99.4% user,   0.6% system,   0.0% nice,   0.0% idle
Mem:  255632K av, 238360K used,  17272K free,      0K shrd,   9052K buff
Swap: 191480K av,      0K used, 191480K free                 89068K cached

  PID USER     PRI  NI  SIZE  RSS SHARE STAT  LIB %CPU %MEM   TIME COMMAND
15493 root      18   0   996  996   832 R       0 98.8  0.3  20:48 pppd


This is a dialin and not a dialout connection.


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