Cant create a slip port after upgrading to Fedora2

[Rob Cartier]

Rob Cartier wrote:

It appears after revewing the bugzilla list the latest kernels in 2.6 
dont have
slip enabled in the build. Will it be available in future releases. I 
need the
darn thing

Bug #: 124223 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=124223>

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=124223


> I just upgraded to Fedora2 and my slip connection is now failing.
>
> I receive an error now
>
> DIP: tty: open(/dev/ptype, RW): No such device or address
>
> here is my dip.conf file
>
> ============
> port ptype
> get $local 192.168.1.254
> get $remote 192.168.36.1
> mode slip
>
> I am using dip-3.3.7o-23 and this script and dip version worked
> fine with this device.. Did I forget to do anything with this device 
> since
> the upgrade
>
>
> Rob Cartier
>