Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 09:52:08 +0000 (GMT) From: Paul Richards <p.richards@elsevier.co.uk> To: jmb@FreeBSD.org (Jonathan M. Bresler) Cc: FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ppp Message-ID: <199512190952.JAA01648@cadair.elsevier.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951218203409.9148C-100000@Aspen.Woc.Atinc.COM> from "Jonathan M. Bresler" at Dec 18, 95 08:40:28 pm
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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.
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