FATAL: Error inserting ppp-async...

[Net Llama!]

On 10/22/2004 08:03 PM, Clint Tevlin wrote:
> 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 

Why are your modules gzipped??  I've never seen that before.  Try 
gunzipping them.




-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
L. Friedman                       	       netllama at linux-sxs.org
Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo: 		    http://netllama.ipfox.com

  20:10:00 up 54 days,  9:47,  1 user,  load average: 1.57, 1.59, 1.55