From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.8 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_06_12, DMARC_MISSING,INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RDNS_NONE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from [213.11.85.133] (helo=titane.novadeck.net) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14Zs2f-0001J6-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Mon, 05 Mar 2001 03:16:38 -0700 Received: from cerberus ([213.11.85.132]) by titane.novadeck.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f25BGN605801 for ; Mon, 5 Mar 2001 12:16:23 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Philippe Namias Organization: Novadeck To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo test X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <01030211144200.03512@cerberus> <3A9FAE28.D805A54F@gottinger.de> In-Reply-To: <3A9FAE28.D805A54F@gottinger.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01030511070100.05254@cerberus> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Reply-To: pn@novadeck.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon Mar 5 03:17:01 2001 X-Original-Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 11:07:01 +0100 X-Archives-Salt: 72632bf1-59f0-405b-b941-2258d528218d X-Archives-Hash: 4a83db43b46ff184d6768fe3318ef3f2 Hi, I found why ppp wasn't working. It wad due to the fact that /dev/ppp was not created. So i do mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0 and then it work. It was just an error from me. So my gentoo workstation is now up and running and it's really a fine distro. Thanks On Friday 02 March 2001 15:28, you wrote: > Philippe Namias wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Yesterday i installed Gentoo Linux on my home workstation. > > So i notice few bug : > > > > First GRUB didn't work on my hardware i have a MSI 694 Pro D motherboard > > with two DMA channel and two UDMA channle on a in board promise UDMA 100. > > > > So GRUB is unbale to find my disk on the promise UDMA 100 but find it on > > the normal DMA channel. (I think this is due to BIOS as GRUB try to find > > disk info from the BIOS and the Promise UDMA 100 Bios is apart from the > > computer BIOS.) > > > > Then i run Gentoo with the sotck kernel provided and try at the command > > line : /etc/rc.d/init.d/inet restart i got error message (line 26 and 50) > > i didn't look at the script but the initialisation of network pass. > > > > Next trouble i have is one that really push my head on a wall : > > > > So i boot Gentoo with the stock kernel provided , then i do a pkmerge of > > linux-source-...tbz2 and pppd-...-.tbz2, i load the modules for my > > network card and for ppp as i use ppp for connecting to the internet. > > Then i got a wierd behaviour from pppd telling that ppp generic is not > > loaded but when i do lsmod i got it. > > > > So i decided to recompile the kernel , i selected all that feet my needs > > and reboot. The new kernel boot without problem but PPP is still not > > loaded but i choose it to be load directly in kernel (not a modules), > > this as never worked all the other options worked but PPP never passe. > > > > So i reinstall gentoo and recompile my kernel in the chroot mode. > > So all goes well , i reboot and now hourra i see PPP generic ... > > The i do a pkmerge of ppp-...-.tbz2 run pppd and he tell me that PPP is > > not present in my kernel? > > > > So i see two possibillity to this bug or i do something bad but ireally > > don't know what or the ppp stuff in this kernel is broken or the > > ppp-...-.tbz2 is broken > > > > Any one have an idea ? > > Take a look at /usr/src/linux/Documenattion/Changes. > There are a few aliases in modules.conf required in order to get pppd > working. > Remember to copy modules.conf to /etc/modules/[kernelversion] because > this file gets > copied to /etc/modules.conf on boot. > This behaviour will change in the next release. > > achim~ > > > PS : i also found that my memory was bad during installing gentoo i > > changed it on now my workstation work without rebooting for no reasons :) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gentoo-dev mailing list > > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > > http://www.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://www.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev