Re: A new kernel ready for testing?

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Hi Bj=F6rn

Am Sonntag, 20.07.03, um 08:05 Uhr (Europe/Zurich) schrieb Bj=F6rn=20
Johansson:

> If I connect a ADSL ethernet modem, will
> KPPP crash the whole system just as easy
> as if you had connected an old ordinary
> modem?

Well, ppp and pppoe isn't exactly the same thing, no? I guess it's the=20=

serial driver code in the kernel which crashes your machine. The ADSL=20
modem is connected via ethernet, as you stated.

But, why aren't you buying an ADSL router? It's only a bit more=20
expensive than a normal ADSL modem, but your computer then is like a=20
normal host in a LAN and gets connected using a static or dynamic (via=20=

dhcp) ip address! With an ADSL router, you can save yourself all the=20
pppoe hassles. This may be the easiest way to connect a host to the WAN.

> I'm using the 2.4.18-apus kernel because
> it feels like it's the best one right now,
> except that Internet doesn't work of course :(.
>
> If I'm using the 2.4.4 kernel the pppd daemon
> dies just before I get connected to the net.

Hmm, maybe your modem needs an exotic at string?

> When will there be a newer kernel available?
> (A precompiled 2.4.21 kernel perhaps..?)

Well, ask the maintainer of the apus kernel package in debian ;)

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Best wishes,
Andi=