In the text before "Code Listing 8" in the kernel configuration instructions for new installs (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook.xml?part=1&chap=7) it would be useful to let dialup users know to include ppp support. See this thread in the forums for an example of a dialup user needing to recompile because he did not know what ppp was when he first compiled the kernel: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=940469#940469 The fix is simple, change: "If you are using PPPoE to connect to the Internet, you will need the following options in the kernel:" To: "If you are using PPPoE to connect to the Internet (or using a dialup modem), you will need the following options in the kernel:" Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Read the kernel configuration guide. Not know what ppp does. Actual Results: Not able to connect using a dialup modem. Find out that ppp needs to be in the kernel. Recompile kernel to include ppp. Expected Results: Told the user to put ppp into the kernel if using a dialup modem. Happily connected to the Web and emerging new software.
Thanks. Change committed.
