From owner-freebsd-current Tue Dec 19 01:53:27 1995 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA04180 for current-outgoing; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 01:53:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from skiddaw.elsevier.co.uk (skiddaw.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.222.60]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA04171 Tue, 19 Dec 1995 01:53:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from snowdon.elsevier.co.uk (snowdon.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.197.164]) by skiddaw.elsevier.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id JAA02209; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 09:51:32 GMT Received: from cadair.elsevier.co.uk (actually host cadair) by snowdon with SMTP (PP); Tue, 19 Dec 1995 09:52:10 +0000 Received: (from dpr@localhost) by cadair.elsevier.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id JAA01648; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 09:52:08 GMT From: Paul Richards Message-Id: <199512190952.JAA01648@cadair.elsevier.co.uk> Subject: Re: ppp To: jmb@FreeBSD.org (Jonathan M. Bresler) Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 09:52:08 +0000 (GMT) Cc: FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Jonathan M. Bresler" at Dec 18, 95 08:40:28 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply to Jonathan M. Bresler who said > > On Mon, 18 Dec 1995, Paul Richards wrote: > > > Killing ppp also has the side-effect of killing the X server. This makes > > it a real pain to use. > > OUCH! > watch out for the "delete ALL" in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf. it works for me using > the following: I will, that'd probably be the problem if it is there. > Aspen:[7] tail /etc/rc.local > # > /usr/sbin/ppp -auto atinc > /sbin/ping -c 10 198.138.38.21 > > > # X11 server > if [ -x /usr/X11/bin/xdm ]; then > echo -n ' xdm'; (sleep 5 ; /usr/X11/bin/xdm) & > fi > > the ping gets ppp to dial and set up the routes BEFORE xdm gets started, > else my /etc/ppp/ppp.{conf,linkup} took X down when it reconfiged the routes Good idea, sounds like this is exactly what's happening. -- Paul Richards. Originative Solutions Ltd. Internet: paul@netcraft.co.uk, http://www.netcraft.co.uk Phone: 0370 462071 (Mobile), +44 1225 447500 (work)