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Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 10:32:32 -0500 (EST)
From: "R. David Murray " <bitz@bitdance.com>
To: Mike Porter <mupi@mknet.org>
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	Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie>,
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Subject: Re: suspend/restore with ppp connections
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On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Mike Porter wrote:
> Maybe it's just me, but why don't you just add into /etc/rc.suspend code to 
> ring down the ppp connection? (which is more or less what windoze does to get 
> around the pitfalls involved....)

In my experience, that's not enough.  You actually have to power down
the pcmcia card (or remove it, I suppose).  Otherwise you get the
crash on powerup, when something tries to use the device.

The power thing might be a VAIO specific problem.

--RDM


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