Re: Could someone translate this?

From: Andreas Tretow (andreas.tretow-ng_at_gmx.de)
Date: 09/16/03 

Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:57:46 +0200

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 02:57:20 +0000, SL wrote:

>
> "Vwakes" <vwakeNOSPAM100@softhome.net> wrote in message
> news:Pine.LNX.4.55.0309151414260.2703@xnqnccn.cvarzna...
>> On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 SL wrote:
>> >
>> >Sep 14 20:25:25 localhost pppd[4515]: Using interface ppp0
>> >Sep 14 20:25:25 localhost pppd[4515]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
>> >Sep 14 20:25:38 localhost pppd[4515]: Remote message: ^@
>> >Sep 14 20:25:38 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
>> >ppp-compress-21
>> >Sep 14 20:25:38 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
>> >ppp-compress-21
>>
>> Just curious, shouldn't you have 'ppp-compress-21' in your system? Or an
>> alias to some other module. I am not sure this is the problem.
>
> Thanks V. I've done quite a bit of research and found that people have put:
> alias ppp-compresss-1 off
> alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp
> alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate
> alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate
>
> In conf.modules, but I can't find this file. Other articles say to put
> these lines into /etc/modules.conf,
> but that does nothing. Another said to put them in /etc/modules.conf and
> run "modules-update",
> whatever that means. Haven't tried that yet because that command doesn't
> work anywhere I've tried.
>
> This whole thing reminds me of an old Commodore I used to own... 20 years
> ago.

A couple of things:

Could you please provide a couple of details, like e.g.:
- your RH version 'cat /etc/redhat-release'
- kernel version (default or customized?) 'uname -a'
- pppd version, modutils version if modified since original install
- your firewall settings and how you disabled your firewall (what is the
output of 'iptables-save' before and after you disbabled it?)
- your hardware configuration, especially your external modem 'lspci -vvv'
- your ISP's recommended modem configuration for other OSs

The program you are looking for is called module_upgrade and "changes
obsolete modules.conf mappings to new, correct ones. It is for use when a
module changes names. It reads the list from
/usr/share/hwdata/upgradelist." (from 'man module_upgrade').

Having said that, I have been able to use external modems with RH without
any hassle for a long time now, so don't despair yet. There might still be
hope.

Andreas