From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 16 11:14:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA27555 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 11:14:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA27548 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 11:14:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA25609; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 19:13:29 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id JAA38073; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 09:57:45 GMT (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199812160957.JAA38073@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Floris v. Gog" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP and XWindows do the tango In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 16 Dec 1998 01:53:18 +0100." <3677047E.6F297D6E@tuhb.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 09:57:45 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > hello, > > i've noticed a few times now that when i try to dial in to my ISP (being > > root, in the first console) and then switch over to console 2 with > alt-F2, then log in as a user!=root, and then run X windows, the dialing > > stops. is this right or is it a feature? > > the connection drops when it's still dialing, or when there is not yet a > > connection, and x is starting. > > It's as raw a kernel as can be, and the only port i installed so far was > > netcrap and ircii. (and x ;-) > > anyway, what do you think of it? it looks strange to me Sounds like a conflict between your graphics card & the UART that ppp's running over. > Floris -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message