RH 6.0 / Modem Problem

[Phil Buckley]

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
> >
> 
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