--- 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"