--- ppp/pppd/sys-linux.c.orig	2004-10-02 18:36:40.864795256 +1000
+++ ppp/pppd/sys-linux.c	2004-10-02 18:36:46.356960320 +1000
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <termios.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <wait.h>
 
 /* This is in netdevice.h. However, this compile will fail miserably if
    you attempt to include netdevice.h because it has so many references
@@ -2112,6 +2113,47 @@
 	return 1;
     }
     if (kernel_version >= KVERSION(2,3,13)) {
+	char modprobePath[PATH_MAX] = "";
+	int status, p, count;
+	pid_t pid;
+
+	fd = open("/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe", O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd >= 0) {
+		int count = read(fd, modprobePath, PATH_MAX - 1);
+		if (count < 1)
+			modprobePath[0] = 0;
+		else if (modprobePath[count - 1] == '\n')
+			modprobePath[count - 1] = 0;
+		close(fd);
+	}
+
+	if (modprobePath[0] == 0)
+		strcpy(modprobePath, "/sbin/modprobe");
+
+	switch (pid = fork()) {
+		case 0: /* child */
+			setenv("PATH", "/sbin", 1);
+			status = execl(modprobePath, "modprobe", "ppp_generic", NULL);
+		case -1: /* couldn't fork */
+			errno = ENOENT;
+		default: /* parent */
+			do
+				p = waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+			while (p == -1 && count++ < 4);
+
+			sleep (5);
+			
+	}
+	
+	if ((fd = open("/dev/ppp", O_RDWR)) >= 0) {
+		new_style_driver = 1;
+		driver_version = 2;
+		driver_modification = 4;
+		driver_patch = 0;
+		close(fd);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	if (errno == ENOENT)
 	    no_ppp_msg =
 		"pppd is unable to open the /dev/ppp device.\n"