Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 19:49:48 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Patrick Gardella <patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@awfulhak.com Subject: Re: PPP and X ?!? Message-ID: <199709221849.TAA18117@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 22 Sep 1997 13:12:17 EDT." <XFMail.970922132433.patrick@cre8tivegroup.com>
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> Here is a strange error...
>
> I am running 2.2.1 on a P-133. I have a US Robotics X2 56K modem. The monitor
> card is a STB Horizon 64V (PCI). PPP is Brian's 970921 source and X is 3.3.1.
> ppp is ppp -auto -alias isp
>
> Now on to the problem.
>
> I cannot start X (startx) when PPP is connected to the ISP. The entire system
> freezes just as the card switches to graphics mode. I am forced to reboot using
> the Reset button on the front of my machine.
>
> If I go the other way around, starting ppp (dialing out) as I startx, I freeze
> up ppp (which I can then kill and restart).
>
> If I startx, and then start ppp no problem.
>
> Nothing shows up in /var/log/ppp.log, by the way besides the normal messages ]
> (LCP IPCP CCP).
>
> This happened with the standard 2.2.1 release of X and PPP as well. I upgraded
> to the latest to see if that would work.
>
> I'm not sure how they are related. Any other pertinent info needed?
Can you try moving your modem port ? If it's currently on sio2 or
sio3, it may be conflicting in some way with your graphics card.
I've seen this problem reported before.... the only thing I can guess
is that there's a hardware conflict.
> Patrick
>
> P.S. This is very easy to prevent, so I am able to work around it. It's just
> annoying when I forget ;)
>
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