Re: [LI] wvdial problems

[Shanu <shanu@xxxxxxxx>]

rahul wrote:
> 
> Hi Shanu,
> 
> I tried ifconfig and MTU is reported as 596! Thanks for solving that one.

	Great !!!

> No shell logins for me though :-(
> But, going through "/var/log/messages" I found this:
 
> pppd[680]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
> modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-21
> modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-26
> modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-24

	Ahhh!!! I see the problem.

> What do those "can't locate module" lines mean? Is compression not working?

	The module do not exist. Did u do a "make module_install" ?

> As far as I could find out, the only module for PPP-compression is bsd_comp.o
> (kernel-compilation-help) or am I wrong?

	I think that the modules is not dynamically loaded when a ppp link is
established. Check the foll...

1. Is there a /lib/modules/<kern-ver-no>/bsd_comp.o & 
/lib/modules/<kern-ver-no>/ppp_deflate.o ?

2. If yes, check whether they are automagically loaded when link is up
by running # lsmod. U should see something like this

Module                  Size  Used by
ppp_deflate            40548   0  (autoclean)
bsd_comp                3632   0  (autoclean)
ppp                    19916   0  (autoclean) [ppp_deflate bsd_comp]
slhc                    4268   0  (autoclean) [ppp]
serial                 18388   1  (autoclean)
<<--snip-->>

3. Is kerneld (or kmod) running ?  

4. Boot into the generic kernel and see whether the problems disappear!

> BTW: Do you know of any good book(s) for networking? I'm really lost there (as
> you might have already realised.)

I suggest u read the HOWTOS atleast 4 times :-)
 
- --Shanu 
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  Shanker Balan                                Debian/GNU Linux 2.1
  St. Albert's College
  Cochin  India


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