Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 15:56:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Patrick Gardella <patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> To: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP and X ?!? Message-ID: <XFMail.970922155854.patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> In-Reply-To: <199709221849.TAA18117@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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On 22-Sep-97 Brian Somers wrote: >> Here is a strange error... >> >> I am running 2.2.1 on a P-133. I have a US Robotics X2 56K modem. The monit or >> 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 syste m >> freezes just as the card switches to graphics mode. I am forced to reboot us ing >> the Reset button on the front of my machine. >> >> If I go the other way around, starting ppp (dialing out) as I startx, I freez e >> 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 upgrad ed >> 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. The graphics card is a PCI and the modem is on sio3. Where should I move it to? And if its a conflict, why can I start ppp after I get X going? Pat
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