the bug (and reason, and possibile resolution): 1) With ppp support compiled as modules, kppp try (?) to load the modules, but it calls an non-existant module called ppp0, causing pppd to timeout and fail connection. Errors log: Dec 23 13:10:21 [modprobe] modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0 Dec 23 13:10:21 [modprobe] modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0 Dec 23 13:10:21 [pppd] pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Dec 23 13:10:21 [modprobe] modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0 Dec 23 13:10:21 [modprobe] modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0 Dec 23 13:10:22 [modprobe] modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0 .... etc, until timeout expire Maybe kppp is trying to load modules like ppp_generic, ppp_async, bsd_comp or ppp_deflate? But ppp0 is not a module, and there isn't a standard alias for it. RESOLUTION: make kppp to don't (even try...) load ANY module. A correct call of pppd is sufficient to automagically load the needed modules (it detects what is needed). REPRODUCIBLE: Always Version of the software: 2.1.2-any, kde 3.1.4 Step to reproduce: Above notes should be sufficient I think this bug should be sent to the kde upstream. Yes, my english is evil too...
Sounds like a bad module alias. Alias should be /dev/ppp* -> ppp_generic
In the file /etc/modules.conf I have added the following alias char-major-108 ppp_generic alias /dev/ppp ppp_generic alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate And /etc/modprobe.conf contains an alias for ppp0 to ppp > grep ppp0 /etc/modprobe.conf alias ppp0 ppp also there needs to be a device /dev/ppp > ls -al /dev/ppp crw------- 1 root root 108, 0 1. J
In the file /etc/modules.conf I have added the following alias char-major-108 ppp_generic alias /dev/ppp ppp_generic alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate And /etc/modprobe.conf contains an alias for ppp0 to ppp > grep ppp0 /etc/modprobe.conf alias ppp0 ppp also there needs to be a device /dev/ppp > ls -al /dev/ppp crw------- 1 root root 108, 0 1. Jän 1970 /dev/ppp maybe some of these things are missing?
Is this still an issue Francesco?
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