From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 14 6:50:53 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30F3B151C6 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 06:50:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.11 #1) id 11xtHG-00009z-00; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 16:50:10 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: FRED_LONG@udlp.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Failure of FreeBSD to Recognize Serial Ports In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 14 Dec 1999 08:16:04 CST." <00147D70.C21254@udlp.com> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 16:50:10 +0200 Message-ID: <618.945183010@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message