X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=FAQ;h=ef6dd73b29f19d440895b7c29a58053b4f2fda77;hp=6996296b4d65be035a4dbc1b1786992b6a039e47;hb=6a4ad35209c2b11f83ed332150cf60aa955c751e;hpb=98da136ec87f685b7dffb71afa775fa9d85016c9 diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 6996296..ef6dd73 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -482,6 +482,20 @@ message (since your pppd doesn't recognize the protocol number either.) +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +Q: I get a message saying something like "ioctl(TIOCSETD): Operation +not permitted". How do I fix this? + +A: This is because pppd is not running as root. If you have not +installed pppd setuid-root, you will have to be root to run it. If +you have installed pppd setuid-root and you still get this message, it +is probably because your shell is using some other copy of pppd than +the installed one - for example, if you are in the pppd directory +where you've just built pppd and your $PATH has . before /usr/sbin (or +wherever pppd gets installed). + + ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: Has your package been ported to HP/UX or IRIX or AIX? @@ -493,3 +507,47 @@ AIX 4.x, but who is no longer able to maintain it. And apparently AIX IRIX includes a good PPP implementation in the standard distribution, as far as I know. + + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +Q: Under SunOS 4, when I try to modload the ppp modules, I get the +message "can't open /dev/vd: No such device". + +A: First check in /dev that there is an entry like this: + +crw-r--r-- 1 root 57, 0 Oct 2 1991 vd + +If not, make one (mknod /dev/vd c 57 0). If the problem still exists, +probably your kernel has been configured without the vd driver +included. The vd driver is needed for loadable module support. + +First, identify the config file that was used. When you boot your +machine, or if you run /etc/dmesg, you'll see a line that looks +something like this: + +SunOS Release 4.1.3_U1 (CAP_XBOX) #7: Thu Mar 21 15:31:56 EST 1996 + ^^^^^^^^ + this is the config file name + +The config file will be in the /sys/`arch -k`/conf directory (arch -k +should return sun4m for a SparcStation 10, sun3x for a Sun 3/80, +etc.). Look in there for a line saying "options VDDRV". If that line +isn't present (or is commented out), add it (or uncomment it). + +You then need to rebuild the kernel as described in the SunOS +manuals. Basically you need to run config and make like this: + + /usr/etc/config CAP_XBOX + cd ../CAP_XBOX + make + +(replacing the string CAP_XBOX by the name of the config file for your +kernel, of course). + +Then copy the new kernel to /: + + mv /vmunix /vmunix.working + cp vmunix / + +and reboot. Modload should then work.