Re: PPP and 2.0.24?? problems? yes! Me too..

Marc MERLIN (merlin@magic.metawire.com)
4 Nov 1996 12:39:08 -0800


In article <199611010512.AAA00416@netwerk.com>,
wojtowij <wojtowij@erols.com> wrote:
>I'm looking for a heads up on a problem i'm having with PPP and
>2.0.24. I recently patched up from 2.0.21 and recompiled and
>I'm having problems using ppp on the 2.0.24 kernel.
>
>Here's a short description of the problem. After booting 2.0.24
>(with ppp compiled in, OR built as a module) I try to run setup a
>modem ppp link. I get the "Sorry - this system lacks kernel PPP support"
>message. HOWEVER if i run the pppd straight on one of the vt's i can
>watch it try to setup a ppp link. I kill the pppd process off and
>go back to try and my scripts to setup the modem PPP link and it
>QUIETLY FAILS without the earlier message.

I've done the same upgrade: 2.0.21 to 2.0.24 on two machines. One
(moremagic) does ppp and I couldn't get it to work either. It seemed to be
some kind of locking problem (and I've also gotten "Sorry - this system
lacks kernel PPP support") once even though I can run it from the terminal
almost fine (after a 30 sec delay apparently due to login problems).

There is _nothing_ wrong with my binaries, as going back to 2.0.21 gets
everything working great again (ok, I admit, that's no proof, but something
is wrong somewhere :D)

On another machine (magic), 2.0.24 hangs completely as soon as I use the
sound module for my gravis ultrasound. I also left it running for 36 hours
or so and networking eventually quit working (I still had activity on my
network card light (3c595)). tcpdump would show nothing, and I wouldn't be
able to ping anyone on my net.

Hear me, there is something strange with 2.0.24

Marc, back on 2.0.21

For magic:
#
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
#

#
# Code maturity level options
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y

#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
CONFIG_KERNELD=y

#
# General setup
#
# CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
CONFIG_NET=y
# CONFIG_MAX_16M is not set
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=m
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_JAVA=y
CONFIG_KERNEL_ELF=y
CONFIG_M586=y

#
# Floppy, IDE, and other block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE is not set

#
# Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_ONLY is not set

#
# Additional Block Devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=y
CONFIG_MD_LINEAR=m
CONFIG_MD_STRIPED=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=m
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set

#
# Networking options
#
CONFIG_FIREWALL=y
CONFIG_NET_ALIAS=y
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_FORWARD=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL=y
CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL_VERBOSE=y
CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE=y

#
# Protocol-specific masquerading support will be built as modules.
#
CONFIG_IP_TRANSPARENT_PROXY=y
CONFIG_IP_ALWAYS_DEFRAG=y
CONFIG_IP_ACCT=y
CONFIG_IP_ACCT_USER=y
CONFIG_IP_ROUTER=y
CONFIG_NET_IPIP=m
CONFIG_IP_MROUTE=y
CONFIG_IP_ALIAS=m

#
# (it is safe to leave these untouched)
#
# CONFIG_INET_PCTCP is not set
CONFIG_INET_RARP=m
# CONFIG_NO_PATH_MTU_DISCOVERY is not set
CONFIG_IP_NOSR=y
CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y

#
#
#
CONFIG_IPX=m
CONFIG_IPX_INTERN=y
CONFIG_ATALK=m
# CONFIG_AX25 is not set
CONFIG_BRIDGE=y
# CONFIG_NETLINK is not set

#
# SCSI support
#
CONFIG_SCSI=y

#
# SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM)
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m

#
# Some SCSI devices (e.g. CD jukebox) support multiple LUNs
#
# CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y

#
# SCSI low-level drivers
#
# CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740 is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DTC3280 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX=y
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_TAGGED_QUEUE=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_IOMAPPED is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_NO_DISCONNECT is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_FORCE_ASYNCHRONOUS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_FORCE_SYNC_NEGO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_DISABLE_MPARITY_CHECK is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_DISABLE_PARITY_CHECK is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PPA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_T128 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR is not set

#
# Network device support
#
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
CONFIG_DUMMY=m
CONFIG_EQUALIZER=m
# CONFIG_DLCI is not set
CONFIG_PLIP=m
CONFIG_PPP=m

#
# CCP compressors for PPP are only built as modules.
#
CONFIG_SLIP=m
CONFIG_SLIP_COMPRESSED=y
CONFIG_SLIP_SMART=y
CONFIG_SLIP_MODE_SLIP6=y
# CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM=y
# CONFIG_EL1 is not set
# CONFIG_EL2 is not set
# CONFIG_ELPLUS is not set
# CONFIG_EL16 is not set
# CONFIG_EL3 is not set
CONFIG_VORTEX=m
# CONFIG_LANCE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set
CONFIG_NET_ISA=y
# CONFIG_AT1700 is not set
# CONFIG_E2100 is not set
# CONFIG_DEPCA is not set
# CONFIG_EWRK3 is not set
# CONFIG_EEXPRESS is not set
# CONFIG_EEXPRESS_PRO is not set
# CONFIG_FMV18X is not set
# CONFIG_HPLAN_PLUS is not set
# CONFIG_HPLAN is not set
# CONFIG_HP100 is not set
# CONFIG_ETH16I is not set
CONFIG_NE2000=m
# CONFIG_NI52 is not set
# CONFIG_NI65 is not set
# CONFIG_SEEQ8005 is not set
# CONFIG_SK_G16 is not set
# CONFIG_NET_EISA is not set
# CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set
# CONFIG_TR is not set
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set

#
# ISDN subsystem
#
# CONFIG_ISDN is not set

#
# CD-ROM drivers (not for SCSI or IDE/ATAPI drives)
#
# CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set

#
# Filesystems
#
CONFIG_QUOTA=y
# CONFIG_LOCK_MANDATORY is not set
CONFIG_TRANS_NAMES=y
CONFIG_TRANS_PROOF=y
CONFIG_TRANS_RESTRICT=y
CONFIG_TRANS_GID=4
CONFIG_TR_NODENAME=y
CONFIG_TR_KERNTYPE=y
CONFIG_KERNTYPE="default"
# CONFIG_TR_MACHINE is not set
# CONFIG_TR_SYSNAME is not set
CONFIG_MINIX_FS=y
# CONFIG_EXT_FS is not set
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
# CONFIG_XIA_FS is not set
CONFIG_FAT_FS=m
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
CONFIG_DMSDOS_FS=m
CONFIG_DMSDOS_UPON_VFAT=y
CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS=m
CONFIG_UMSDOS_UPON_DMSDOS=y
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_NFS_FS=m
CONFIG_SMB_FS=m
CONFIG_SMB_LONG=y
CONFIG_NCP_FS=m
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m
CONFIG_HPFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_UFS_FS=m
CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL=y
CONFIG_SMD_DISKLABEL=y

#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
# CONFIG_DIGI is not set
# CONFIG_CYCLADES is not set
# CONFIG_STALDRV is not set
# CONFIG_RISCOM8 is not set
CONFIG_PRINTER=m
# CONFIG_MOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_UMISC is not set
# CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set
# CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
# CONFIG_APM is not set
# CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
# CONFIG_RTC is not set

#
# Sound
#
CONFIG_SOUND=m
# CONFIG_PAS is not set
# CONFIG_SB is not set
# CONFIG_ADLIB is not set
CONFIG_GUS=y
# CONFIG_MPU401 is not set
# CONFIG_UART6850 is not set
# CONFIG_PSS is not set
# CONFIG_GUS16 is not set
CONFIG_GUSMAX=y
# CONFIG_MSS is not set
# CONFIG_SSCAPE is not set
# CONFIG_TRIX is not set
# CONFIG_MAD16 is not set
# CONFIG_CS4232 is not set
# CONFIG_MAUI is not set
CONFIG_AUDIO=y
CONFIG_MIDI=y
CONFIG_YM3812=y
GUS_BASE=220
GUS_IRQ=11
GUS_DMA=5
GUS_DMA2=7
DSP_BUFFSIZE=65536
# CONFIG_LOWLEVEL_SOUND is not set

#
# Kernel hacking
#
# CONFIG_PROFILE is not set

For moremagic:
--- /usr/src/linux/.config Thu Oct 31 16:18:04 1996
+++ /tmp/moremagic.config Mon Nov 4 12:35:23 1996
#
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
#
@@ -87,8 +98,7 @@
#
#
#
-CONFIG_IPX=m
-CONFIG_IPX_INTERN=y
+# CONFIG_IPX is not set
CONFIG_ATALK=m
# CONFIG_AX25 is not set
CONFIG_BRIDGE=y
@@ -133,14 +143,7 @@
# CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx is not set
-CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX=y
-CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_TAGGED_QUEUE=y
-# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_IOMAPPED is not set
-# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_NO_DISCONNECT is not set
-# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_FORCE_ASYNCHRONOUS is not set
-# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_FORCE_SYNC_NEGO is not set
-# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_DISABLE_MPARITY_CHECK is not set
-# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_DISABLE_PARITY_CHECK is not set
+# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PPA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS is not set
@@ -175,7 +178,7 @@
# CONFIG_ELPLUS is not set
# CONFIG_EL16 is not set
# CONFIG_EL3 is not set
-CONFIG_VORTEX=m
+# CONFIG_VORTEX is not set
# CONFIG_LANCE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set
CONFIG_NET_ISA=y
@@ -216,15 +219,7 @@
#
CONFIG_QUOTA=y
# CONFIG_LOCK_MANDATORY is not set
-CONFIG_TRANS_NAMES=y
-CONFIG_TRANS_PROOF=y
-CONFIG_TRANS_RESTRICT=y
-CONFIG_TRANS_GID=4
-CONFIG_TR_NODENAME=y
-CONFIG_TR_KERNTYPE=y
-CONFIG_KERNTYPE="default"
-# CONFIG_TR_MACHINE is not set
-# CONFIG_TR_SYSNAME is not set
+# CONFIG_TRANS_NAMES is not set
CONFIG_MINIX_FS=y
# CONFIG_EXT_FS is not set
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
@@ -240,14 +235,13 @@
CONFIG_NFS_FS=m
CONFIG_SMB_FS=m
CONFIG_SMB_LONG=y
-CONFIG_NCP_FS=m
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m
CONFIG_HPFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_UFS_FS=m
-CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL=y
-CONFIG_SMD_DISKLABEL=y
+# CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL is not set
+# CONFIG_SMD_DISKLABEL is not set

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