Can't locate module ppp0

[Edwin Ruiz_2]

Pls help me!

I am geeting Can't locate module ppp0
when i try to start my red hat linux 7.2, my server it is down now i dont know what to do. Please help me.. it is that a harsware problem o kernel problem...

Hellllpppp

[Steven E. Protter]

If this is a software problem, you can get the ppp0 software off the original Red Hat Install disks.

That should handle any kernel issues.

If this is a modem, then you might want to boot with dos/win 98 and run the modem test diag that comes with the system or modem.

If the modem is croaked, you need to replace it.

If by chance this is some kind of a winmodem, you need special drivers from http://www.linmodems.org

Even if its not a modem, you need to take appropriate action to test the hardware at this point.

SEP

[Stuart Browne]

It sounds like '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0' has 'ONBOOT=YES', and that you've recently recompiled the kernel leaving out some modules.

It normally wouldn't say "cannot locate module ppp0", but possibly "cannot locate module ppp" (the PPP stack being very important for a PPP modem interface).

Do you have a PPP interface of which the machine is trying to start up upon bootup?

Is it a modem interface, or something else?

To boot the machine up,a round the failing interface, boot interactivly (press I when it asks you too), and tell it not to bring up the PPP interface.

You should be able to dig around to find the cause of the failure after that. Try an 'ifup ppp0 &' followed by a 'tail -f /var/log/messages', and see what's said.