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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!sgiblab!cs.uoregon.edu!news.uoregon.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: pppd won't work - ioctl(TIOCSETD): Inappropriate ioctl for device Date: 17 Jul 1994 16:06:58 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman Montana Lines: 25 Message-ID: <30bkv2$r5u@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <Ct32o5.Brz@ns1.nodak.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 153.90.192.29 In article <Ct32o5.Brz@ns1.nodak.edu>, <axvig@plains.NoDak.edu> wrote: > >I have been trying to get my pppd working for about a month - I >recompiled the kernel (now have 2 ppp devices), installed pppd 2.1.2a, >created /etc/ppp directory, etc., but I keep getting this >message: > >> Jul 17 07:37:25 Osmeh pppd[104]: pppd 2.1.2 started by Phob, uid 8 >> Jul 17 07:37:25 Osmeh pppd[104]: ioctl(TIOCSETD): Inappropriate ioctl for device > >whenever I start the daemon. I go through a pty when testing ppp since on my >the comp. doesn't have a modem. (it's a pc 386 + FreeBSD 1.1R) When you rebuild your kernel, you must do a 'make clean' before the 'make depend', 'make' commands because some of the PPP stuff doesn't get noticed correctly and will not get compiled in. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | home #: (406) 586-0579 | Available for contract/otherwise work.