Re: [TCLUG:2638] PPP/Kernal Source Location

[Peter Lukas <peter@math.umn.edu>]

Save yourself the compile time and install the ppp package that came with
your redhat distribution.  As for the kernel problem, RedHat only installs
compatability stuff with their basic kernel.  You can also fix this
problem by installing the kernel-source rpm.  /usr/src/linux is where the
kernel source tree should live, but on a RedHat system, without the
kernel-source package installed, it's only there for compatability.

Peter Lukas
Math Systems Office
University of Minnesota

On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Mike Dockerty wrote:

> 
>     I've recently installed Red Hat 5.1, and I've been struggling trying
> to get my ppp connection working.  It seems as though I somehow
> installed 5.1 without ppp support, and I have tried to remedy this by
> downloading ppp2.3.4 but I have run into the following problem.
> 
>     Bear in mind I am very wet behind the ears.
> 
>     When I try to install ppp, it looks for the kernel source in
> /usr/src/linux, but it returns an error message.  Fair enough, the
> contingency here is just pass the install script the proper directory.
> The problem being, how do I tell which directory is the proper kernel
> source directory?  I do have a /usr/src/linux directory, with many
> subdirectories beneath it.  When I tried to pass those subdirectories on
> to the install script for ppp I recieved a similar "there does not
> appear to be kernel source here" error.  So I'm a bit stuck.
> 
>     Help greatly appreciated!
> 
>     Michael Dockerty
>     cardinal@millcomm.com
> 
> 
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