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From: bri@qualcomm.com (Brian Ellis)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: pppd ioctl error - HELP
Date: 17 May 1994 10:43:57 -0600
Organization: QUALCOMM, Incorporated; San Diego, CA, USA
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Message-ID: <2ras8d$ema@qualcomm.com>
References: <CprwA4.G3u@csn.org>
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In article <CprwA4.G3u@csn.org>, Eric Hilfer <erich@teal.csn.org> wrote:
>I have a problem with pppd on FreeBSD 1.0. I can get it to connect
>with a remote system, and then I get the message:
>
>ioctl(TIOCSETD) Operation note supported by device
>
>and pppd exits.
>
>Do any of you have any ideas about this? Do I need to go to version
>1.1?
TIOCSETD attempts to change the tty line discipline from TTY to PPP.
There are two reasons this might fail:
1. you are attempting to attach pppd to a TTY/PTY pair (i.e. a "network
tty") instead of a com port tty.
2. your kernel is not configured for PPP. I forget exactly what the
line the in the config file should be, but it's something like:
"pseudo-device ppp 1"
-brian
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