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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004, Dan Schmidt wrote:

> I execute pppsetup and enter (what I think is) the appropriate
> information. (I use ctrl + x to move to the next screen. Is this the
> right thing to do?)
>
> Then, after typing ppp-on I get the following message:
>
> "  /usr/sbin/pppd: This system lacks kernel support for PPP.  This could
> be because the PPP kernel module is not loaded, or because the kernel is
> not configured for PPP.  See the README.linux file in the ppp-2.3.7
> distribution.
> service #0: pppd failure at 02:10PM sep 22, 2004  "
>
> I have the 2.2.16 kernel that comes with BL3.
> How can I tell if the PPP module is loaded?
> If I don't have it, how do I load it?

lsmod lists the modules which are loaded.

I have gotten the above error message when I did not load ppp.o and slhc.o 
by running pppsetup (or by some other means, such as removing the # from 
in front of those lines in /etc/rc and rebooting, or simply typing insmod 
slhc and then insmod ppp both followed by the enter key).  Are you sure 
that you typed pppsetup and ppp-on without rebooting in between?  These 
modules don't stay loaded on exit from linux, they have to be loaded every 
time you boot either manually (insmod), via the pppsetup script, or via 
the script in rc.  Same for the three modules needed to use CD-ROM drive, 
also in rc, which I have also forgotten to insmod before using.

> Much thanks
> Dan
>
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