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X0lution
06-10-2001, 07:46 PM
I installed kernel 2.4.5 on my system (which runs debian) and now I can't connect to the internet. I start wvdial, it dials out then acts like it didn't connect and continues to try and dial again (and again, and again, and again...) until i hit ^c to close it. Anyone have any ideas? (And I did configure it w/PPP installed... I might have missed something else though). Thanks for any help.
lsibn
06-10-2001, 09:05 PM
Originally posted by X0lution:
<STRONG>I installed kernel 2.4.5 on my system (which runs debian) and now I can't connect to the internet. I start wvdial, it dials out then acts like it didn't connect and continues to try and dial again (and again, and again, and again...) until i hit ^c to close it. Anyone have any ideas? (And I did configure it w/PPP installed... I might have missed something else though). Thanks for any help.</STRONG>

Did you install 2.4.5 on potato? If you did, you broke your PPPd, and will have to compile a new one. The .deb for potato will not work in this case.

ALSO, you might consider not using wvdial, and instead using pppconfig/pon/poff to manage your connections.
X0lution
06-10-2001, 09:11 PM
Alrighty, I guess I should use apt-get to get the newer version then... I'm new to Debian (used to use redhat), so how would i go about doing that?
X0lution
06-10-2001, 09:21 PM
nevermind, apt-get doesn't do my any good (not connected to internet, silly me)
Craig McPherson
06-10-2001, 10:02 PM
I had this problem too, and I know how to fix it. Hold on one sec...
Craig McPherson
06-10-2001, 10:09 PM
http://users.ipa.net/~cmcpher/kernel.png

Okay, the screen shot came out awful, but do you see that option that's highlighted? It's new, and you have to turn it on your PPP will stop working.
lsibn
06-11-2001, 01:05 AM
Originally posted by Craig McPherson:
<STRONG> http://users.ipa.net/~cmcpher/kernel.png

Okay, the screen shot came out awful, but do you see that option that's highlighted? It's new, and you have to turn it on your PPP will stop working.</STRONG>
Although that will only work provided you have a sufficiently new Debian dist. I don't know about woody, but sid should be ok. Sometime around kernel 2.2, the ppp driver (kernel level) was changed, and the pppd (user level) was updated to accomodate it. HOWEVER, potato ships with the old pppd and old ppp driver. Upgrading the kernel leaves a broken pppd user-space utility. The only ways I know to work around this:

Use an older kernel.

Compile a new pppd.

Upgrade your whole Debian dist to sid (maybe woody).
X0lution
06-11-2001, 12:07 PM
I updated to pppd 2.4.1, and it seems to be working fine now. Thanks.