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Date:      Tue, 14 Dec 1999 16:50:10 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        FRED_LONG@udlp.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Failure of FreeBSD to Recognize Serial Ports 
Message-ID:  <618.945183010@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 14 Dec 1999 08:16:04 CST." <00147D70.C21254@udlp.com> 

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On Tue, 14 Dec 1999 08:16:04 CST, FRED_LONG@udlp.com wrote:

>  I installed FreeBSD choosing the Gnome w/Enlightenment
> configuration. When trying to use the PPP Facility listed under the
> Menu tab Internet, in all cases I was unable to access the serial
> ports.

Have you checked the kernel probe messages to see whether the kernel
detects the serial port you're using correctly?

You might want to try the simpler approach of setting up user PPP
directly.  Things like Gnome are very pretty, but as with anything that
tries to hide the details from you, they can make diagnosing problems
more difficult than it needs to be.

The process is pretty straight-forward and user PPP is very well
supported.  See the setup instructions at:

	http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ppp-and-slip.html#USERPPP

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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