Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 17:09:19 +0100 From: Michael Nottebrock <lofi@freebsd.org> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, Joe Vender <jvender@owensboro.net> Subject: Re: pppd crashes, was: kde-freebsd] Question about KPPP on FreeBSD Message-ID: <200702081709.20395.lofi@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1070208170852.12110A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1070208170852.12110A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au>
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--nextPart1256124.vNzg7bzXiS Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday, 8. February 2007 08:38, Ian Smith wrote: > On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > > On Wednesday, 7. February 2007 18:45, Joe Vender wrote: > > > On Wednesday 07 February 2007 01:59, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > > > ... > > > > > > > There is https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D55785 on record, y= our > > > > description sounds more like you're getting a kernel panic in the > > > > background though (KPPP is a frontend for pppd and the in-kernel p= pp > > > > driver). > > > > > > If I want to use KPPP in FreeBSD, do I need to first manually edit a= ny > > > config files for pppd, and if so, please elaborate, or does creating > > > the settings in the "Configure" sections of KPPP take care of > > > everything needed? > > > > > > I found this bug report which sounds just like the problem I'm having > > > with FreeBSD and KPPP. > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Di386/98154 > > > > I agree, that sounds similar. I've changed the CC to stable@, since th= at > > is a better place for pppd/kernel ppp related issues. > > > > > Is there any intention to address it? > > > > I call on the community (especially those with modems) to take it on. = To > > that end, I've left your motivational speech below intact for everyone= 's > > benefit. > > Perhaps we should rather be calling upon the KDE developer community to > provide such a frontend interface to configure and invoke FreeBSD's ppp, > for those who find a little manual configuration, as you describe below, > beyond them? You mean the FreeBSD-using KDE developer community, which is neither very b= ig=20 nor very prolific. I am convinced that remaining compatible with common Lin= ux=20 solutions will always be the better strategy as far as the desktop is=20 concerned. =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --nextPart1256124.vNzg7bzXiS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBFy0swXhc68WspdLARApQ3AJ9fW07IXsRgMNYFHqu7WMmsHJyj+wCeIiaC 5ZvUfGFm5OMIE516NH7/M5c= =pH// -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1256124.vNzg7bzXiS--
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