Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 23:01:38 -0700 (PDT) From: sherwink@ix.netcom.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/4189: startx freezes system when ppp running Message-ID: <199707300601.XAA11255@hub.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199707300610.XAA11628@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 4189 >Category: bin >Synopsis: startx freezes system when ppp running >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jul 29 23:10:01 PDT 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Sherwin Kaplan >Organization: >Release: 2.2.2 >Environment: FreeBSD sherwink.ix.netcom.com 2.2.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE #0: Sun Jul 27 17:35:04 PDT 1997 sherwin@sherwink.ix.netcom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/SHERWIN.2.2.2 i386 >Description: I am running FreeBSD 2.2.2 with the ppp from the CDROM. User ppp runs fine, but if I start or restart X (using startx), while ppp is running, the system freezes after about about a second. It requires a reset to restart the system, even ctl-alt-del has no effect. Caps-lock, Scroll-lock and Num-lock do not result in their normal indicator lights. If I shut down ppp with a close, followed by a quit, then all is fine, If I use just a quit, I will still get the freeze when I start X. It appears that X is somehow interfering with the modem port, which is /dev/cuaa3. I tried kernel ppp and when X comes up it kills the modem connection. I have repeated the problem in both 2.2.1 and 2.2.2, on 2 machines, a 120mh Pentium and a 150mh Pentium Pro, with both XF86 3.2 and 3.3. It happens with the SVGA server for the Matrox Millennium, and the S3V and SVGA servers for the Diamond 3D 2000. Both machines have 32megs of memory. The Pentium has a Zoom internel modem on cuaa3, the Pro has a US Robotics Sportster internel modem, also on cuaa3. >How-To-Repeat: Start user ppp, then start X, or start X, shut it down, and start X again. The ppp can be running in either manual or automatic mode. >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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