[pptp-server] ppp modprobe errors during install ... Help Please ....

[Brian L. DiMambro]

Hi All

I really could use some help here...... anybody got any ideas on this?????

Thanks in advance

Brian


>Hi All
>
>I am having problems getting PoPToP installed on an Alpha DS10 running the 
>generic 2.2.18 kernel. I have followed the HOWTO instructions and have 
>successfully connected with no encryption. I then installed ppp with mppe 
>using a clean distribution of the 22.18 kernel, ppp2.3.11 and the 
>following patches:
>
>ppp-2.3.11-openssl-0.9.5a-mppe-alpha.patch
>ppp_mppe_compressed_data_fix.diff
>if_ppp_2.2.17.diff
>
>The if_ppp_2.2.17.diff patch would not install so I manually updated the 
>/usr/src/linux/include/linux/if_ppp.h and  if_pppvar.h files to correct 
>the compile time errors. The compile of ppp completed successfully even 
>though I saw a message about an un-registered compressor when ppp.o was 
>being compiled. I copied the files to /lib/modules/2.2.18/net, registered 
>the new modules per the HOWTO and successfully completed the depmod -a. 
>When I run the modprobe ppp I get the following errors:
>
>[root at bubba src]# modprobe ppp
>/lib/modules/2.2.18/net/ppp.o: unresolved symbol kill_fasync_Rc137a225
>/lib/modules/2.2.18/net/ppp.o: unresolved symbol register_netdev_Rc260bc02
>/lib/modules/2.2.18/net/ppp.o: unresolved symbol __kfree_skb_R30675fde
>/lib/modules/2.2.18/net/ppp.o: unresolved symbol netif_rx_Rae7d86d7
>/lib/modules/2.2.18/net/ppp.o: unresolved symbol alloc_skb_R16cc3541
>/lib/modules/2.2.18/net/ppp.o: unresolved symbol tty_register_ldisc_Rfa9ef03f
>/lib/modules/2.2.18/net/ppp.o: unresolved symbol skb_under_panic_R9379f1ea
>/lib/modules/2.2.18/net/ppp.o: unresolved symbol skb_over_panic_Ra8d79ed1
>/lib/modules/2.2.18/net/ppp.o: unresolved symbol n_tty_ioctl_Rc9baf0b1
>/lib/modules/2.2.18/net/ppp.o: unresolved symbol unregister_netdev_R9c7e9816
>/lib/modules/2.2.18/net/ppp.o: unresolved symbol dev_alloc_name_R6c8c29de
>/lib/modules/2.2.18/net/ppp.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.18/net/ppp.o failed
>/lib/modules/2.2.18/net/ppp.o: insmod ppp failed
>
>I also tried the non Alpha mppe patch with the same errors.
>
>Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Brian