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"S.Toms" wrote:
> 
>   Ok, I'm thoroughly confused here. Iv'e recompiled ppp-2.3.5 and the
> kernel 2.2.x per the instructions both as a module and built into the
> kernel. Every time I attempt to start my ppp session though it says the
> following.
> "This system lacks kernel support for PPP.  This could be because the
> PPP kernel module is not loaded, or because the kernel is not configured
> for PPP.  See the README.linux file in the ppp-2.3.5 distribution." but
> it loads fine on bootup and doesn't give any errors when I attempt to
> load it as a module. It just keeps giving me that error. What am I
> missing here?

Sounds like a module auto-loader problem to me. If you have 
module loading enabled in the kernel, you don't need to stsrt
the kerneld daemon. Maybe you have both loaders going? Just guessing.

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