In article <Zen-1DEVt7-00008k-9t@pythagoras.zen.co.uk>,
 <zen25058@zen.co.uk> wrote:
>>FWIW I have had better results having downgraded, from -current 3.99.16 =
>[no, 2.99.16 in fact] t=3D
>>>o 2.0-RELEASE, and now using the unmodified GENERIC_LAPTOP kernel - onl=
>y =3D
>>>slightly ironic in so far as I had imagined that a -current setup was m=
>or=3D
>>>e or less _de rigeur_ for runing a fully-featured laptop - at least for=
> o=3D
>>>ne that requires ACPI (soon?). I haven't actually got a workable connec=
>ti=3D
>>>on yet, but at least I have got a ppp0 thing going... TBC
>>>
>
>
>: Can you try current with pccbb.c 1.118?
>
>: christos
>
>Yes, I'd like to - but how? Just compile a current kernel?
>
>Anyway, I have compiled a -current GENERIC_LAPTOP kernel. It boots fine b=
>ut when I run pppd it compalains that the system lacks ppp support. Is th=
>is because I have downgraded to a 2.0_STABLE userland? I haven't modified=
> the GEN_LAP conf at all.
>

ppp is now a cloning device, so you need either a current pppd or a current
ifconfig to do ifconfig ppp0 create.

christos