Kernel has no ppp support

[dave9515]

Hi,
I have SuSE 7.0 installed with kernel 2.2.16. I'm trying to get setup to connect to my ISP - Earthlink.
When I run KPPP from KDE 1.1.2(I think) I get the following error message:

"This kernel has no ppp support neither compiled in nor via the kernel module loader. Call your sys admin or install a kernel with ppp support."

My questions are:
1) how can I tell if SuSE 7 kernel has ppp support installed or not
2) if it's not installed, do I just need to install pppd? when I do ps aux |grep pppd it seems to be there. maybe it's not running?
3) if ppp is installed why do I get this message?

After the error message pops up, KPPP runs and I can configure it. I haven't gotten the configuration correct yet but I learned some things from many others here as well as from the NHF Getting Connected to the Internet with KPPP - thanks Paul Penrod.

Thanks for any help in advance
Dave

[prince_kenshi]

That doesn't seem to be a rare problem. My friend's computer said the same thing, but mine ran smooth straight from the install. We both have/had SuSE 7.0 by the way. I can't really tell you how to fix it or I would fix my friend's. But I can tell you that ppp installs naturally, at least it did with me. I hope you find your answer, and I hope I read to see what it is.

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[Frizzle Fry]

I don't know how to tell if your kernel has ppp support. If it does, I don't know what the solution is. However, if it doesn't, adding it isn't just a matter of running pppd. Things listed with ps aux are programs that are running, like pppd. The issue here has nothing to do with that. The issue is that you need ppp support in the kernel itself (not just in an external program), so you must recompile your kernel. When you do so, you can choose what options and modules you want to include. You must include ppp.

[demian]

Do a modprobe ppp. If it tells you it cannot locate the module then type dmesg and look for anything that sounds like ppp configuration. If you don't find it your kernel indeed doesn't have ppp support. In that case recompile it with ppp support.

[dave9515]

Hi,
I think that the problem lies with using KPPP. I've read somewhere that SuSE has problems with KPPP - so that may be it. Does anyone else have problems with other Linux distros and KPPP?

Earlier today I tried using KWvdial and I don't get this message about no ppp support in the kernel anymore. So KWvdial seems to be the way to go.
With KWvdial I can connect to my ISP - Earthlink - but the PAP authentication fails. It doesn't authenticate my user name or my password or both. I don't know which.
Does anyone know if the user name for an ISP is the xxx part of xxx@earthlink.net or would it be the entire xxx@earthlink.net?

Dave

[binaryDigit]

kppp has been a problem for alot of people here.
once solution is to use sudo to run kppp.
another solution is to try changing permissions.
those are found here: http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/Forum12/HTML/000398.html

as for earthlink user names you have to put ELN/ in the front.
so if my user name is linuxguy then i would use
ELN/linuxguy

i hope this info helps.


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