Debian bug report logs - #1777 Source not compiling properly? Package: source ; Reported by: karl@tower.com.au. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From lot49.med.miami.edu!mdorman Sun Oct 29 07:39:27 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t9ZpW-0006FRC; Sun, 29 Oct 95 07:39 PST Received: from lot49.med.miami.edu by pixar.com with SMTP id AA07986 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 29 Oct 1995 07:38:58 -0800 Received: (from mdorman@localhost) by lot49.med.miami.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA13239; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 10:33:58 -0500 Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 10:33:58 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Alan Dorman To: karl@tower.com.au, debian-bugs@Pixar.com Subject: Re: Bug#1777: Source not compiling properly? In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Sun, 29 Oct 1995, Karl Ferguson wrote: > Now, it wont quit at the point - it goes on to finish. But when booting the > kernel I get this error: > > unregister_netdev: device 'ppp0' unlinked > unregister_netdev: device 'ppp1' unlinked > unregister_netdev: device 'ppp2' unlinked > unregister_netdev: device 'ppp3' unlinked > > Of course, once the box has booted I login and cat /proc/net/dev - and there > are no pppx's there - soloutions? The new ppp dynamically allocates ppp devices. The message you're getting is ppp zapping your old device entries so they can now be dynamically allocated. All _should_ work as before. If it doesn't, you should probably join linux-ppp -- I'm just parroting what I picked up there. Mike. -- "I'm a dinosaur. Somebody's digging my bones." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Michael Alan Dorman : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1777 ; Package source . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From uni-muenster.de!bsb Sat Oct 28 23:53:24 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t9RcR-000DXgC; Sat, 28 Oct 95 23:53 PDT Received: from MAIL.UNI-MUENSTER.DE by pixar.com with SMTP id AA25888 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sat, 28 Oct 1995 23:52:30 -0700 Received: from PPPE011.UNI-MUENSTER.DE by uni-muenster.de (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA110400; Sun, 29 Oct 1995 07:52:21 +0100 Received: from bora.winnegan.lan ([192.0.2.2]) by baal.winnegan.lan with smtp (ident root using rfc1413) id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Sun, 29 Oct 95 07:43 MET Received: by bora.winnegan.lan id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Sun, 29 Oct 95 07:43 MET Message-Id: Date: Sun, 29 Oct 95 07:43 MET From: Bernd S. Brentrup To: karl@tower.com.au, debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: Re: Bug#1777: Source not compiling properly? In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Karl Ferguson writes: >Package: source >Version: 1.2.13-5 > >After installing the source package, makeconfigging it to my on needs and >compiling it, an error pops up while trying drivers/net/ppp.c: > >ppp.c: In function `ppp_first_time': >ppp.c:442: warning: assignment from incompatable pointer type >ppp.c:446: warning: assignment from incompatable pointer tpye > > >Now, it wont quit at the point - it goes on to finish. But when booting the >kernel I get this error: > >unregister_netdev: device 'ppp0' unlinked >unregister_netdev: device 'ppp1' unlinked >unregister_netdev: device 'ppp2' unlinked >unregister_netdev: device 'ppp3' unlinked This one comes up in linux-ppp eveey week, they're not errors. pppd-2.2 allocates interfaces dynamically. ~$ cat /proc/net/dev Inter-| Receive | Transmit face |packets errs drop fifo frame|packets errs drop fifo colls carrier lo: 0 0 0 0 0 14050 0 0 0 0 0 eth0:1265052 0 0 0 0 1216121 0 0 0 12 0 dummy0: No statistics available. You won't see this message if it doesn't work :) BTW: should i close the bug report or wait for pppd's maintainer to do it? -- Siggy (the middle S.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Bernd S. Brentrup : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1777 ; Package source . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From tower.com.au!karl Sat Oct 28 22:40:49 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t9QUD-000DN9C; Sat, 28 Oct 95 22:40 PDT Received: from orion.tower.com.au by pixar.com with SMTP id AA22404 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sat, 28 Oct 1995 22:40:13 -0700 Received: by orion.tower.com.au id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Sun, 29 Oct 95 13:39 WST Message-Id: From: karl@tower.com.au (Karl Ferguson) Subject: Source not compiling properly? To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 13:39:38 +0800 (WST) Reply-To: karl@tower.com.au X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 PGP2] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1051 Package: source Version: 1.2.13-5 After installing the source package, makeconfigging it to my on needs and compiling it, an error pops up while trying drivers/net/ppp.c: ppp.c: In function `ppp_first_time': ppp.c:442: warning: assignment from incompatable pointer type ppp.c:446: warning: assignment from incompatable pointer tpye Now, it wont quit at the point - it goes on to finish. But when booting the kernel I get this error: unregister_netdev: device 'ppp0' unlinked unregister_netdev: device 'ppp1' unlinked unregister_netdev: device 'ppp2' unlinked unregister_netdev: device 'ppp3' unlinked Of course, once the box has booted I login and cat /proc/net/dev - and there are no pppx's there - soloutions? ...Karl -- ________________________ | PO Box 828 Office: (09)316-3036 Fax: (09)381-3909 |OWER INTERNET SERVICES Canning Bridge After Hours: 015-779-828 WA, 6153 Sales Support: sales@tower.com.au Internet Service Providers and Networking Solutions ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to karl@tower.com.au : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1777 ; Package source . 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