(mod block-major) Re: Missing ppp-compress modules.

rewt (rewt@lunar.porus.net)
Wed, 10 Mar 1999 01:48:00 -0500 (EST)


I have a problem with:
Mar 10 01:18:56 lunar modprobe: can't locate module block-major-22
Mar 10 01:18:56 lunar modprobe: can't locate module block-major-22
Mar 10 01:18:56 lunar modprobe: can't locate module block-major-8

Anyone knows how to fix that?

On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Richard B. Johnson wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Mar 1999 stp@shell.flite.net wrote:
>
> > Hi. When I connect to the net with kernel 2.2.1 in my messages file I get
> > messages that say something like:
> > modprobe: Can't find ppp-compress-21, 24 and 26.
> > I wouldn't mind the messages just appearing in my message file, but with
> > out these modules loaded I only get like 2.2 kps downloads.
> > So what I'm wondering is how do I get the kernel to load these modules
> > when it needs it? I'm using slackware 3.6.
> >
>
>
> You should put aliases in /etc/conf.modules like:
> alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx
> alias scsi_hostadapter sd_mod
> alias eth0 eepro100
> alias ppp-compress-21 ppp_deflate <------------
> alias ppp-compress-24 bsd_comp <--------- Whatever modules you like
> alias ppp-compress-26 equ <------------
>
>
> > Something else I notice:
> > When I use the default 2.0.35 kernel that comes with slackware I get the
> > usual 3.2 kps downloads and those messages do not appear in the
> > /var/log/messages file. So how do I fix this, cause in the 2.2.1 kernel I
> > have sound support and would like to have the sound and the faster
> > downloads.
> >
>
> Cheers,
> Dick Johnson
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