FATAL: Error inserting ppp-async...

[Clint Tevlin]

Hi all,

I seem to be a glutton for punishment... 

* tried to apply XPSP2 on dual boot machine, didn't have enough space so moved 
partitions and expanded WINXP partition (using Partition Magic)

* as expected this destroyed /MBR containing LILO, tried MDK rescue CD, didn't 
work, /boot above 1024 cylinder limit and moved partition back down (thought 
this might help).

* didn't work, installed new MDK10 in free space and fixed partitions in 
original /etc/fstab...

* original system now boots but starting kppp gives the following:

Oct 23 10:45:07 localhost pppd[2800]: This system lacks kernel support for 
PPP.  This could be because the PPP kernel module could not be loaded, or 
because PPP was not included in the kernel configuration.  If PPP was 
included as a module, try `/sbin/modprobe -v ppp'.  If that fails, check that 
ppp.o exists in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/net. See README.linux file in the ppp 
distribution for more details. 

/sbin/modprobe -v ppp gives:

insmod /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_generic.ko.gz 
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_async.ko.gz 
FATAL: Error inserting ppp-async 
(/lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_async.ko.gz): Unknown symbol 
in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

/lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/net doesn't exist, ppp.o isn't 
in /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/kernel/drivers/net...

dmesg gives no apparent clue as to the problem (to me anyway!):

Does anyone know what the problem may be? how to diagnose? and how to fix it?

*any* suggestions appreciated (but I don't want to rebuild my system!)


Cheers,

Clint
Sydney, Australia