>Sep 3 12:12:50 zilla diald[867]: connector: chat: Sep 03 12:12:50 CONNECT 28800/ARQ
>Sep 3 12:12:50 zilla diald[867]: Connected to site 0.0.0.0
you seem to be connected, now switching to ppp.. and there something strange happens.
I did a google and found this:
>/usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt says char-major-108 is ppp, so
>you probably need to add an alias in /etc/conf.modules. probably along
>the lines of:
> alias char-major-108 ppp
>This may or may not work.
Could you let us know whether or not it did? I agree that it may work or
that it may not.
My first ideas on this problem are
1. I believe that it is more or less specific to Red Hat
2. Red Hat detects a dependency when it tries to run pppd & calls modprobe
to resolve it
3. That dependency is not satisfied (evidence of the missing char-major module)
My understanding is that this occurs when the kernel and the modules
have somehow got out of sync. A good cure is to recompile the kernel
and recompile and re-install the modules. I presume that this is what you
did. I don't know why the second attempt to dial succeeds.
The 108 refers to a number that identifies /dev/ppp with ppp.o;
and the problem might be as simple as your not having the correct version
of ppp.o in the requisite directory. You will find more details in the
guide for writing Linux Device Drivers.
.
I don't have a system set up with a modem, so I cannot say if an extra alias is created .. (not without digging into the code.) but given the fact that 5.x has been chewed over by so many people, I would not expect a problem.
just a random thought before dinner ..
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