PPP compression

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Juergen Hunold <Stofi@t-online.de> schrieb:
>Moin !

>Dr. S.K. Singh wrote:
>>Hi all,
>>	My Redhat Linux 6.0 kernel 2.2.12 gives following messages. Kindly
>>let me know whether some thing is rong with line 4 to line 9 regarding
>>ppp-compress.
>>Oct 29 11:12:28 goat modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-21
>>Oct 29 11:12:28 goat modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-26
>>Oct 29 11:12:28 goat modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-24
>>Oct 29 11:12:28 goat modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-21
>>Oct 29 11:12:28 goat modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-26
>>Oct 29 11:12:28 goat modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-24

>Edit /etc/conf.modules.
>Add:

>alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp
>alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate
you forgot:
alias ppp-compress-26     ppp_deflate

>and compile ppp support as a module, if you don't have it already.
no, that is not necessary. You can use PPP compiled in the kernel. Then
only the compression modules are used.

regards, Johannes

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