/dev/ppp problem

[robin]

Under 9.2 I could connect to the Internet on boot by adding
"/usr/bin/wvdial" to /etc/rc.local. However, under 10.0 it won't
connect, and /var/log/daemons/errors gives the following:

Mar 31 18:15:03 localhost pppd[4425]: Couldn't set pass-filter in
kernel: Invalid argument
Mar 31 18:35:29 localhost pppd[3984]: pppd is unable to open the
/dev/ppp device. You need to create the /dev/ppp device node by
executing the following command as root: ^Imknod /dev/ppp c 108 0

Running mknod gives the error that /dev/ppp already exists, and the file
is impossible to move or remove. Any ideas what I should do?

Sir Robin
--
"If the lion could speak, we would not understand it."
- Wittgenstein

Robin Turner
IDMYO
Bilkent Univeritesi
Ankara 06533
Turkey

www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin

[robin]

Post by robin
Under 9.2 I could connect to the Internet on boot by adding
"/usr/bin/wvdial" to /etc/rc.local. However, under 10.0 it won't
Mar 31 18:15:03 localhost pppd[4425]: Couldn't set pass-filter in
kernel: Invalid argument
Mar 31 18:35:29 localhost pppd[3984]: pppd is unable to open the
/dev/ppp device. You need to create the /dev/ppp device node by
executing the following command as root: ^Imknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
Running mknod gives the error that /dev/ppp already exists, and the file
is impossible to move or remove. Any ideas what I should do?

Don't worry - it seems to have sorted itself out, though I have no idea
why. A couple of reboots did the trick (I know rebooting loses you Linux
credibility points, but when you're dealing with running services at
boot, it's necessary). That's the thing I like about Linux - usually the
system is smarter than I am.

Sir Robin
--
"If the lion could speak, we would not understand it."
- Wittgenstein

Robin Turner
IDMYO
Bilkent Univeritesi
Ankara 06533
Turkey

www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin