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I added the info below to my /etc/conf.modules file and now I don't see those messages anymore, but booting up, it hung at "starting local" for about 2 minutes. Phil pfarrar at learningco.com wrote: > > I'm using Slackware, and get a similar set of `modprobe can't > locate`'s. only mine are: pf-4, pf-5 and pf-3; in that order. > > I don't think too much about it, because everything seems to be > working OK. They show up at boot time and in my /var/log/messages at > seemingly random intervals. > > Any connection, I wonder? > > ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ > Subject: Re: RH 6.0 / Modem Problem > Author: Brad Noyes <maitre at ccs.neu.edu> at InterNet > Date: 10/20/99 12:21 AM > > Correct me if i'm wrong anyone, But think that you can get rid of this problem > by adding these three lines to your /etc/modules.conf file > > alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp > alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate > alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate > > Hope this helps, > -Brad > > On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, John Stark wrote: > > >%_I'm trying to install RH6.0 for the first time and have been using linxconf > to configure the modem. When I check /var/log/messages, and 5 seconds after > "Serial connection established" I get the following: > > > > localhost modprobe can't locate module: ppp-compress-21 > > localhost modprobe can't locate module: ppp-compress-26 > > localhost modprobe can't locate module: ppp-compress-24 > > > > Has anybody seen this error before? The modem gives the appearance of being > connected to the ISP but when I start up Netscape and try to download an > external webpage, it reports that the page is not accessible. This is an Askey > Modem which the dealership thinks is safe for Linux. > > > > > > Thanks, > > John Stark > > > > ---------------------------------------- > Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Content-Description: > ---------------------------------------- > - > Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the > message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored). > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Received: from ns.learningco.com ([198.112.0.7]) by mail.learningco.com with > SMTP > (IMA Internet Exchange 3.12) id 00002977; Wed, 20 Oct 1999 04:13:03 -0400 > Received: by ns.learningco.com; id EAA24616; Wed, 20 Oct 1999 04:11:14 -0400 > (EDT) > Received: from tarnhelm.blu.org(207.31.228.20) by ns.learningco.com via smap > (V4.2) > id xma024602; Wed, 20 Oct 99 04:11:04 -0400 > Received: (from majordom at localhost) > by tarnhelm.blu.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id DAA07420 > for discuss-outgoing; Wed, 20 Oct 1999 03:28:42 -0400 > Received: from relay20.smtp.psi.net (relay20.smtp.psi.net [38.8.20.2]) > by tarnhelm.blu.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id DAA07417 > for <discuss at blu.org>; Wed, 20 Oct 1999 03:28:40 -0400 > Received: from [209.61.79.73] (helo=jupiter) > by relay20.smtp.psi.net with smtp (Exim 1.90 #1) > id 11dnKX-0002G2-00; Wed, 20 Oct 1999 00:26:31 -0400 > From: Brad Noyes <maitre at ccs.neu.edu> > To: John Stark <stark at tiac.net> > Subject: Re: RH 6.0 / Modem Problem > Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 00:21:40 -0400 > X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.20] > Content-Type: text/plain > Cc: discuss at Blu.Org > References: <002201bf1ac6$a5d66040$2abafea9 at vicky> > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Message-Id: <99102000260404.00798 at jupiter> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > Sender: owner-discuss at blu.org > Precedence: bulk -- Phil Buckley phil at infoinsomniax.com - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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