Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 12:54:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Barry John Freshwater <barryf@dircon.co.uk> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: socket error Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810161252450.28399-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3623BB67.ED8C0B6A@dircon.co.uk>
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On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Barry John Freshwater wrote: > Dear all at FreeBSD, > > Output from uname -a as requested. > > FreeBSD barryf.dircon.co.uk 2.2.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE #:Wed > Jul 22 08:48:29 GMT 1998 root@builder.cdrom.com : > /usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 Yay!! Someone actually read my motd! Thanks!! :-) > I have been using FreeBSD since august, and I have the KDE desktop > installed and run browsers grail, netscape, Mosaic and lynx, I am using > a single standalone PC at home with no connections to any network. > > My problem is that when I try to connect to my isp via modem ( I dial in > using the pppd facility on KDE ), the line holds up to timeout(300 sec) > but I am not able receive or send any data, the grail browser says there > are socket errors i.e. socket error instance at 35fc20>), 377c00>), > 38cd80>), I have also installed and run the socket package but to no > avail. Sounds like you're forgetting to add a default route through the link you've just brought up. > with arguments -deflate, defaultroute and interface, and the > /etc/ppp/options file empty - as KDE's manual. kppp is fairly braindead. I suggest working with ppp, aka user mode ppp. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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