From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 8 16:09:32 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8964316A403 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 16:09:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lofi@freebsd.org) Received: from mail-in-06.arcor-online.net (mail-in-06.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0B5313C481 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 16:09:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lofi@freebsd.org) Received: from mail-in-01-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-10-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.27]) by mail-in-06.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACB1B31E80F; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 17:09:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-in-04.arcor-online.net (mail-in-04.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.44]) by mail-in-01-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63CC623DE03; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 17:09:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from lofi.dyndns.org (dslb-084-061-179-097.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.61.179.97]) by mail-in-04.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86E811D714C; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 17:09:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from kiste.my.domain (root@kiste.my.domain [192.168.8.2]) by lofi.dyndns.org (8.13.8/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l18G9OmQ069842 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 8 Feb 2007 17:09:24 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from lofi@freebsd.org) Received: from kiste.my.domain (lofi@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kiste.my.domain (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l18G9NVH020342; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 17:09:23 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from lofi@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by kiste.my.domain (8.13.6/8.13.4/Submit) id l18G9Kfp020341; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 17:09:20 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from lofi@freebsd.org) X-Authentication-Warning: kiste.my.domain: lofi set sender to lofi@freebsd.org using -f From: Michael Nottebrock To: Ian Smith Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 17:09:19 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: In-Reply-To: X-Face: g:jG2\O{-yqD1x?DG2lU1)(v%xffR"p8Nz(w/*)YEUO\Hn%mGi&-!+rq$&r64,=?utf-8?q?fuP=7E=3Bbw=5C=0A=09=5EQdX?=@v~HEAi?NaE8SU]}.oeYSjN84Fe{M(ahZ.(i+lxyP; pr)2[%mGbkY'RmM>=?utf-8?q?+mg3Y=24ip=0A=091?=@Z>[EUaE7tjJ=1DRs~:!uSd""d~:/Er3rpQA%ze|bp>S MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1256124.vNzg7bzXiS"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200702081709.20395.lofi@freebsd.org> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new Cc: stable@freebsd.org, Joe Vender Subject: Re: pppd crashes, was: kde-freebsd] Question about KPPP on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:09:33 -0000 --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--