Re: PPP on FC5: kernel modules?

Laurent-jan <blobbel7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Clifford Kite wrote:
Laurent-jan <blobbel7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Does "uname -r" match 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5?
Does "depmod -A" help? (shouldn't be necessary but...)
Is modprobe up to date? (depmod -V; Documentation/Changes,
module-init-tools)


Ah, eh yes. My information was incomplete. Sorry.
[root@ronsard ~]# uname -r
2.6.15-1.2054_FC5
[root@ronsard ~]# depmod -V
module-init-tools 3.2.2

Depmod -A does not help:
[root@ronsard ~]# depmod -A
[root@ronsard ~]# modprobe ppp_generic
FATAL: Module ppp_generic not found.

Basically, it's all directly from the CDs; I haven't run a kernel upgrade
yet nor have I compiled a new one.

Well, when distros mess with the kernel things can go (more:?) wrong..

You might try adding

alias char-major-108 ppp_generic

to /etc/modprobe.conf.

In the past "char-major-108" was the name by which ppp_generic was
known to a kernel. Here PPP is compiled directly into the kernel,
but "modprobe -c" shows most, if not all, of what I believe to be
the kernel names for the modules that were compiled (modprobe.conf
is empty).

And with that I'm out of suggestions.

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