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From: Barry Masterson <jbarrm@panix.com>
To: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
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Subject: Re: ppp from shell, & starting X
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So, could this be the cause of startx not running after I've run
(iij)ppp from a regular shell? ( requiring reboot to run X ) 

I'll have to readup on routing today in order to better understand
your response.

Thanks you

Barry Masterson
jbarrm@panix.com
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On Mon, 1 Jan 1996, Garrett A. Wollman wrote:

> <<On Fri, 29 Dec 1995 21:05:37 -0500 (EST), Barry Masterson said:
> 
> > Dec 17 08:59:50 /kernel: rtinit: wrong ifa (0xf054e500) was (0xf04dee00)
> > Dec 18 11:22:24 /kernel: rtinit: wrong ifa (0xf051fe00) was (0xf04dee00)
> > Dec 28 21:12:12 /kernel: rtinit: wrong ifa (0xf04ebc80) was (0xf04dee00)
> > Dec 29 17:06:01 /kernel: rtinit: wrong ifa (0xf053f680) was (0xf04dee00)
> 
> What this message indicates is that there is something wrong with the
> routing.  Specifically:
> 
> The message occurs when trying to add the route corresponding to a new
> interface address.  One of the steps in adding the route is to use the
> interface address table to figure out which interface the route should
> be marked for use with.  The message indicates that this calculation
> came up with a different answer than the interface that is supposed to
> be represented in the first place, so something is inconsistent in
> your configuration.
> 
> -GAWollman
> 
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