Guest greeny Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Hi! I am VERY new to Linux, in fact I just installed Mandrake 10. Here is my problem: I have an Intel 536EP modem and I already installed the drivers working under 2.6.3 kernel. But every time I use kppp to get online I hear "handshaking" and then BOOM! - pppd daemon died unexpectedly exit status=4 When I check "details" it says something like: "Lack of kernel support for ppp"... Following one of the advices that I have found via google I tried that: 'modprobe ppp_async' (by the way, i have no clue what it means and how it works yet...) and got this: WARNING: Could not open '/lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/kernel/drivers/net/slhc.ko.gz': No such file or directory WARNING: Could not open '/lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_generic.ko.gz': No such file or directory FATAL: Could not open '/lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_async.ko.gz': No such file or directory PLEASE, guys, help me to fix it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streeter Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Strange - have you recompiled the kernel? If so, you need to compile again, but look for and enable the ppp stuff when you do the configuration. What kernel are you using? (type uname -a) Could try typing depmod (as root) and trying again. ppp_async is a kernel module (driver) - should get loaded automatically when you dial up, along with a couple of others - here's the output of lsmod | grep ppp when I'm dialled up on my machine: ppp_deflate 4216 0 (autoclean) ppp_async 8672 1 ppp_generic 24036 3 [ppp_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async] slhc 6328 0 [ppp_generic] Yours should be similar. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest immanentdeath Posted August 21, 2004 Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 I have similar problems except the modules are there but ppp_async seems to be causing problems: root> modprobe -v ppp insmod /lib/modules/2.6.3-4mdk/kernel/drivers/net/shlc.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.3-4mdk/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_generic.ko.gz insmod /lib/modules/2.6.3-4mdk/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_async.ko.gz FATAL: Error inserting ppp_async (/lib/modules/2.6.3-4mdk/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_async.ko.gz): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) from dmesg: PPP generic driver version 2.4.2 devfs_mk_dev: could not append to parent for ppp failed to register PPP device (-17) ppp_async: Unknown symbol ppp_channel_index ppp_async: Unknown symbol ppp_register_channel ppp_async: Unknown symbol ppp_input ppp_async: Unknown symbol ppp_input_error ppp_async: Unknown symbol ppp_output_wakeup ppp_async: Unknown symbol ppp_unregister_channel ppp_async: Unknown symbol ppp_unit_number Nor sure what it meens though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest immanentdeath Posted August 21, 2004 Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 I have similar problems except the modules are there but ppp_async seems to be causing problems: fixed this problem by adding: LOOKUP ppp MODLOAD to /etc/devfsd.conf However, when the link with the IPS is established 'm getting the kernel error message: irq21 unhandled nobody cared ... looks like something is not configured in the kernel (didn't compile it, it's straight from the cd) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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