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From: Nick Pearson <nick@ruly46.medfac.leidenuniv.nl>
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Subject: Re: URGENT: 2.2-BETA fails for PPP to COM3! 
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On Wed, 25 Dec 1996, Jake Hamby wrote:

> I _did_ try with 2.2-BETA (the latest version that you posted the MD5
> checksum for tonight).  I also reproduced it using COM2.  Check it out
> again.  This could be a big negative publicity if not fixed since I'd
> guess 99% of PC owners have a mouse on COM1 and their modem on something
> other.  You don't need to actually start a PPP, just type "show modem" at
> the PPP prompt, and verify that it always shows "device: cuaa0" to
> reproduce the bug.
> 
> -- Jake

I've seen the same on 2.2-ALPHA when installing on a friends machine.
Disabling the other com ports, i.e. the ports the modem isn't on, in the
boot -c editor forces ppp onto the right port. Not brilliant but workable.

Nick