[Techtalk] kppp 2.1.1 problem

[kansas_kennedy at phreaker.net]

At 04:21 AM 7/21/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Heya --
>
>Quoth kansas_kennedy at phreaker.net (Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 01:27:24PM -0700):
> > IN RHL 7.3 while dialing with kppp 2.1.1 I got this following message and
> > it disconnects and denies to connect to the net.
> >
> > "Timeout expired while waiting for the PPP interface to come up"
> >
> > In tail -f /var/log/messages shows:
> >
> > pppd [2937] modprobe: can't locate module ppp0.
> >
> > The modem is in ttyS0 port.
>
>         A) Has it ever worked before?
>
>         B) What's in /etc/modules.conf?  Anything to do with ppp?
>Particularly, I'm looking to see if there's something like
>
>alias ppp0 ppp_generic
>
>If there isn't, that may be your problem.  Try adding it and see if that
>fixes things.
>
>         You do have a kernel that supports ppp, right?  (If you have a
>default-installed kernel I suspect you're okay there.
>
>Cheers,
>Raven
>
>"Unreal and inviting, inviting you to step in,
>  And follow the path neverending.  You're now leaving imprints..."
>   -- Siouxsie and the Banshees, "Red Over White"

Heya--

I tried adding that line in there, however I didn't start/ restart any 
service. Then I dialed but it didn't help. Any further help, please?