From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jan 18 13:45:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from smartypants.caffeine.com (adsl-209-233-24-51.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [209.233.24.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DB271527E for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 13:45:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wellsian@caffeine.com) Received: from localhost (wellsian@localhost) by smartypants.caffeine.com (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id NAA23147; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 13:35:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wellsian@caffeine.com) Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 13:35:22 -0800 (PST) From: dwells To: fritz.heinrichmeyer@fernuni-hagen.de Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: when the modem rings twice .... Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 21:13:28 +0100 >From: "F. Heinrichmeyer" > >my freebsd box goes down, something strange happens, when a ring signal >is detected. I >have apm disabled in the bios and no apm device in the config file. > >It is "alsmost a reset", like a short power failure. The screen is >disturbed for a moment. The same happens when the alt+bs key is pressed >with XFree btw. > >The modem sent a ring signal during a build world. I had to reformat the >root partition afterwards. Other than power (mis)management the only thing I can think of would be the modem cable. External modem? Have you tested where RI goes? If it's an internal then please disregard this reach. :) Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message