Re: PPP & 2.3.13

Tim Coleman (tcoleman@netcom.ca)
Tue, 17 Aug 1999 17:49:07 -0400 (EDT)

[snippage]
> > > > I 'think' the correct fix for this is "mknod 640 /dev/ppp 108 0"
> > > > Hopefully I will get corrected if this is wrong.
> > > > Whoops, that should be mknod 640 /dev/ppp c 108 0
>
> Another booger I make; drop the mode (640). ie mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
> Starting pppd is supposed to create the device automatically: I know
> that it doesn't for me, but creating it manually gets rid of the 'no
> kernel support'.

This doesn't work for me. I created the device, and it has permissions
u+rw g+r o+r owner=root group=root.

I still get the no kernel support error.

I'm not sure if this has anything to do with me using diald, but ppp
no longer works in 2.3.13.

Tim

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