[pptp-devel] ppp-mppe removal and "This system lacks kernel support for PPP"

[John W. <jb...@so...>]

I was attempting to get pptp-client going with mppe support (had it
working before without it with a Contivity switch, but needed to connect
to a Microsoft VPN).  As I have a modified Win4lin kernel, I got some
dependency errors, so I would like to rollback the rpm after the -Uvh.

Removing the rpm of course removed my pppd, etc.  So, reinstalled the base
ppp package provided with Red Hat 8.0.  Now, however, when I run pppd I
get:

pppd: This system lacks kernel support for PPP.  This could be because
the PPP kernel module could not be loaded, or because PPP was not
included in the kernel configuration.  If PPP was included as a
module, try `/sbin/modprobe -v ppp'.  If that fails, check that
ppp.o exists in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/net.
See README.linux file in the ppp distribution for more details.

Can anyone help?  I've gotten myself into a real bind.

Thanks,

John