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>A very common problem is that people compile PPP support into the kernel
and yet when they try to run pppd, the kernel complains that it does not
support ppp! There are a variety of reasons this can occur.</P
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NAME="AEN389">8.1.1. Are you booting the right kernel?</H2
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>This gives the kernel version and the date on which this kernel was
compiled - which should give you a pretty good idea of what is going on.</P
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NAME="AEN399">8.1.2. Did you compile ppp kernel support as a module?</H2
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>If you compiled your kernel ppp support as a module, but did not make
and install the modules, then you can get this error. Check the
kernel-HOWTO and the README file in <TT
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>!</P
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>Another module connected possibility is that you are expecting required
modules to be automatically loaded, but are not running the <TT
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daemon (which auto-loads and unloads modules on the fly). Check the
kerneld mini-HOWTO for information on setting up kerneld.</P
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with kernel version 1.2.x (if you patch the kernel), otherwise you must
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>If you are not running pppd as the root user (and pppd is not suid to
root), you can receive this message.</P
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