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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!spring.edu.tw!serv.hinet.net!netnews.hinet.net!news From: vcba79@ms1.hinet.net (Vincent Chen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: can't open tun device after new kernel installed? Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 16:28:45 GMT Organization: Vincent Research Lines: 35 Message-ID: <3270ac11.13016050@netnews.hinet.net> References: <326e5b61.10460641@netnews.hinet.net> <54p2so$qin@anorak.coverform.lan> NNTP-Posting-Host: 168.95.101.77 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.1/32.230 >: I can't use user process ppp after new custom kernel installed >: on my freebsd 2.1.5 release box. Many config combinations has >: been tested, but never succeed. Is there any wrong in my system >: configuration? >[.....] >: User Process PPP. Written by Toshiharu OHNO. >: Log level is 09 >: Warning: No password entry for this host in ppp.secret >: Warning: All manipulation is allowed by anyone in the world >: can't find ifindex. >: open_tun: No such file or directory > >Well, this is pretty wierd ! From what I can see in the code, /dev/tun0 >has been successfully opened, but then, when the code goes to find an >interface w/ the same name, it fails ! > >What does "ifconfig -a" say ? You could always try: > It's strange that when I reduce the number of tun and ppp interface to 8 at the same time. ppp user process works again. Is this number limited? ----- Vincent Chen E-mail address: vcba79@ms1.hinet.net Taipei,Taiwan R.O.C.