KPPP unexpectadly died error

Murdock1979 · 10-15-2003, 07:40 AM

hi all!

I am tryiung to use the KDE dial-up application, but whenever it tries to connect I get an error that the kernel was not set up for PPP.

What can I do about this? I installed slackware 9.1 and it should have the capability

thanks in advance,
cheers,
Murdock

frieza · 10-15-2003, 08:20 AM

hmm, well the first thing do do would be to log on as root
go to /usr/src/linux
type make menuconfig at the prompt
and when the menu comes up select the 'network devices' option
and see if the ppp options are selected, if not select them, make sure everything else is set to work for what you have as long as you are in there, when you exit you'll
make dep clean bzImage modules
make install modules_install
edit lilo (or grub) to point to the new kernel if there is one
if not just reboot
then try the ppp

Murdock1979 · 10-15-2003, 08:52 AM

My system does not have this directory

h1tman · 10-15-2003, 09:09 AM

you have to download the kernel then, and unpackage it to /usr/src link linux to the unpackaged folder and follow his instructions.

for better details search for compiling kernel,etc.