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Re: PPPD error message?
I has the same error message a few weeks ago, after installing the new
RH4.0 and configuring the kernel with ppp as module: a non-root user
couldn't start pppd. This was fixed after I changed the permissions to
insmod, as I recall.
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Ira Abramov wrote:
>
> on a Redhat 4.0 machine, running latest kernel and pppd, I installed
> mgetty to answer the line.
> FAQ says if I let mgetty answer cua?, and try to call out with ttyS? it
> will be fine, but it randomly fucks it up...
> anyway, it's one thing to get a "tty in use" from minicom but it is REALLY
> surprising to get "PPP not supported in this kernel" from PPPD :-)))
>
> dropped the mgetty from inittab, and wham, it's working...
>
> now...
> anyone knows how to install mgetty and leave the port open for dialout?
>
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