On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Sascha Kiefer wrote:

> I figured.
> Can i reinstall the missing files? How?

reinstall the kernel? I donot know Centos, so do not know how they install
stuff (rpm?)

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-ppp-owner@vger...
> [mailto:linux-ppp-owner@vger...] On Behalf Of Bill Unruh
> Sent: Mittwoch, 16. April 2008 21:40
> To: Sascha Kiefer
> Cc: linux-ppp@vger...
> Subject: RE: Install ppp modules
>
>
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Sascha Kiefer wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> /lib/modules/2.6.9-023stab043.1-smp is totally empty.
>>
>> Centos 5, i believe
>
> Something got really really screwed up in the installation.
>
>>
>> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Sascha Kiefer wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have a v-server; godaddy.com ist my provider
>>>
>>> Linux ip-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.ip.secureserver.net 2.6.9-023stab043.1-smp
>>> #1 SMP Mon Mar 5 16:35:19 MSK 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>
>> You do not tell us what distro this is. Try
>> ppp_generic, ppp_async
>> as modules to load.
>>
>>>
>>> Ppp is not in the kernel
>>>
>>> /usr/sbin/pppd says:
>>>
>>> /usr/sbin/pppd: This system lacks kernel support for PPP.  This could
>>> be because the PPP kernel module could not be loaded, or because PPP
>>> was not included in the kernel configuration.  If PPP was included as
>>> a module, try `/sbin/modprobe -v ppp'.  If that fails, check that
>>> ppp.o exists in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/net. See README.linux file in
>>> the ppp distribution for more details.
>>>
>>> /sbin/modprobe -v ppp says:
>>> FATAL: Module ppp not found.
>>>
>>> Ok. I guess i can not rebuild the kernel.
>>> What other options do i have?
>>> I'm not that fmiliar with linux so please be gentle! ;)
>>
>> First look in config (/boot/config maybe) to see if PPP is in the
>> kernel.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Sascha
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>
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