[pptp-server] 2.4.5 and mppe patches.

robert berzerke at swbell.net
Tue Jun 19 08:49:23 CDT 2001


You really shouldn't try editing modules.dep by hand.  Edit /etc/modules.conf 
file instead.  Directions are in the howto.  The patches are probably applied 
ok.

On Monday 18 June 2001 17:17, George Vieira wrote:
> OK.. but I've done the 2 instructions which patched OK and just to check, I
> ran them again which gave me these errors (of course)...
>
> [root at firewall linux-2.4]# patch -p1 <
> /root/pptp/linux-2.4.4-openssl-0.9.6a-mppe.patch
> patching file drivers/net/Makefile
> Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected!  Assume -R? [n]
> (CTRL-C)...
>
> [root at firewall ppp-2.4.1]# patch -p1 <
> /root/pptp/ppp-2.4.1-openssl-0.9.6-mppe-patch
> The next patch would create the file README.MPPE,
> which already exists!  Assume -R? [n]  (CTRL-C)...
>
> So the patches are already existing... but I don't get compress-18
> working...
>
> Is there anything suppose to be in /lib/modules/2.4.5/modules.dep which
> mentions mppe.o???
>
> There's nothing in there and as a cheat I put the full path of ppp_mppe.o
> in there and tried reconnecting... I then got this message...
>
> Jun 19 08:12:59 firewall pppd[1585]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/1
> Jun 19 08:13:00 firewall pptpd[1584]: CTRL: Ignored a SET LINK INFO packet
> with real ACCMs!
> Jun 19 08:13:03 firewall insmod:
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.5/drivers/net/ppp_mppe.o: couldn't find the kernel
> version the module was compiled for
> Jun 19 08:13:03 firewall insmod:
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.5/drivers/net/ppp_mppe.o: insmod ppp-compress-18 failed
> Jun 19 08:13:03 firewall pppd[1585]: MSCHAP-v2 peer authentication
> succeeded for georgev
> Jun 19 08:13:03 firewall insmod:
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.5/drivers/net/ppp_mppe.o: couldn't find the kernel
> version the module was compiled for
>
> Now this looks more like it and the error probably explains why it's now
> not working.. I'm running pppd version 2.4.1 NOT 2.4.0 which the patches
> still worked fine. But the kernel version is 2.4.5 NOT 2.4.4 as the name of
> the patches I managed to download.
> All patches were applied quite fine without errors so I assumed (bad thing
> to do really) that this should work OK..
>
>
> any ideas?
>
> files downloaded were (ONLY latest patch versions and patches which were
> mentioned in the web site to install were used):
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root        98897 Jun 18 03:12
> linux-2.4.4-openssl-0.9.6a-mppe.patch
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root     26534489 Jun 18 03:12 linux-2.4.5.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root          266 Jun 18 03:12
> mppe-chapv1-fix.diff -rw-r--r--    1 root     root          838 Jun 18
> 03:12 mppe_stateless.patch -rw-r--r--    1 root     root        36068 Jun
> 18 03:12
> ppp-2.4.0-openssl-0.9.6-mppe.patch
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root          507 Jun 18 03:12
> ppp-2.4.1-MSCHAPv2-fix.patch
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root       136956 Jun 18 03:12
> ppp-2.4.1-openssl-0.9.6-mppe-patch
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root       536746 Jun 18 03:46 ppp-2.4.1.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root          335 Jun 18 03:46
> ppp_mppe_compressed_data_fix.diff
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root        14132 Jun 18 03:46 ppp-mppe.patch
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root       115418 Jun 18 03:12 pptpd-1.1.2.tar.gz
>
> Hope this problem was verbose enough.. I emaild it using
> --very-verbose-problem switch ;-))
>
> Slowly starting to get desperate as my FW is really having bad sector
> problems now..
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: robert [mailto:berzerke at swbell.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 12:06 AM
> To: George Vieira; PPTP List (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [pptp-server] 2.4.5 and mppe patches.
>
>
>
>
> Actually it does show 2.  However, one is for the kernel, and the other is
> for pppd.  You did patch pppd right??
>
> On Monday 18 June 2001 02:14, George Vieira wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm trying to find a well documented site for these 2.4 kernel installs
> > of pptpd.
> >
> > I'm at the mppe patch level and the site at
> > http://home.swbell.net/berzerke/2.4_Kernel_PPTPD-HOWTO.txt it only shows
> > 1 patch and that's it... is there suppose to be more?
> >
> > I'm getting
> > Jun 18 17:06:33 firewall modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
> > ppp-compress-18
> > Jun 18 17:06:34 firewall modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
> > ppp-compress-18
> >
> > Can somebody who has successfully configured mppe help me out or point to
>
> a
>
> > well doco'd site.
> >
> > someone REALLY has to update poptop.lineo.com , it's starting to annoy
>
> me..
>
> > ;-)
> >
> > thanks,
> > George Vieira
> > Network Engineer
> > Citadel Computer Systems P/L
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