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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!news.dfn.de!news.dkrz.de!tubsibr!news From: y0001415@ws.rz.tu-bs.de (Martin Butkus) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PPP Date: 07 Sep 1995 08:11:25 GMT Organization: TU Braunschweig, Germany Lines: 20 Distribution: world Message-ID: <Y0001415.95Sep7101125@malibu.ts.rz.tu-bs.de> References: <422j0k$9rk@shum.cc.huji.ac.il> <425gqs$j2l@reason.cdrom.com> <42f15f$r7j@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> <42k6s6$egf@wilbur.hargray.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rznb12.rz.tu-bs.de In-reply-to: jwb@wilbur.hargray.com's message of 6 Sep 1995 09:14:46 -0400 >>>>> "JB" == Joe Beiter <jwb@wilbur.hargray.com> writes: In article <42k6s6$egf@wilbur.hargray.com> jwb@wilbur.hargray.com (Joe Beiter) writes: JB> If I try to use the pppd and chat script that is working on my linux system JB> then /usr/sbin/pppd tells me that "PPP is unavailable on this system". In the GENERIC kernel (the precompiled one) the pseudo-device ppp is not built in which is necessary to do kernel ppp. You will have to build a custom kernel with the ppp device built in. Please read the FAQs on how to do that. Hope this helps. -- Martin Butkus >>> Live long and prosper. <<< Phone/Fax: +49.5331.298710 Am Stadtwege 10, 38304 Wolfenbuettel, Germany