[ale] pre2.0.7 problems

[Unix Guru Dude]

}Unix Guru Dude mumbled incoherently:

How true...

}> 
}> Well, I'm still having a few problems with my new pre2.0.7 kernel.  I get the
}> following messages in dmesg for PPP:
}> 
}> PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation)
}> PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright 1995 Caldera, Inc.
}> PPP line discipline registered.
}> 
}> But when I try and fire up my network, I get a message saying PPP is not
}> available in this system.
}
}You were using the old version of PPP in the old kernel (2.1.2)... the pppd
}that was compiled and came preinstalled with the old distributions/etc. is
}not functional and/or compatible with 2.2.0.  You need to fetch ppp-2.2.0f
}from somewhere (ftp.cc.gatech.edu, /pub/linux/Network/serial/ppp) and then
}compile it... that will make everything 'go' as far as PPP is concerned :)

Will do, thanks...

}
}As a side note, ppp-2.2.0f has ALL those nasty sys/bitypes.h bugs fixed
}that I ran into some time ago with 2.2.0e... it compiled and executed 'out
}of the box' as it were.
}
}> I also get some wierd messages about flock() as follows:
}> 
}> fcntl_setlk() called by process 47 (lpd) with broken flock() emulation
}> fcntl_setlk() called by process 49 (lpd) with broken flock() emulation
}> fcntl_setlk() called by process 50 (lpd) with broken flock() emulation
}
}I get these too.  Somewhere I read that the old libc's don't have a working
}flock(), but I upgraded the libc stuff and that didn't seem to fix it.  I'm
}trying to track down exactly WHERE the detailed information is, but not
}having a whole lot of luck yet :I  If I find it, I'll toss the info out
}here.

Yeah, I read that was supposed to fix it too, and it didn't.  If I figure it
out, I'll do the same...

}
}> And finally, my sound doesn't work properly.  If I cat a au file to /dev/audio,
}> it will play the first part of it then stop.  Further attempts yield an I/O
}> error message.
}
}Beats me.  I didn't compile with sound, just to make sure I got a working
}kernel :)

What's wrong with you?  You had all the other answers... :)  Thanks again.

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