kernel 2.2.x it seems that ppp slows down after 40 minutes
of on time. Ther is also a problem connecting to the server,
where sometimes it connects, and sometimes it does not, it
usually takes several tries where as with 5.2 it did not. I
can get a connection so it is not my set up.

There area also messages being written to the log like

could not load modules lo
and could not load module ppp-compress 21
and could not load module ppp-compress 26
and could not load module ppp-compress 24

what does this mean, and how do I fix these mesages?