Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 21:38:32 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Patrick Gardella <patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP and X ?!? Message-ID: <199709222038.VAA20739@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 22 Sep 1997 15:56:30 EDT." <XFMail.970922155854.patrick@cre8tivegroup.com>
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> >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?
I was thinking along the lines of disabling com1 or com2 in your bios
(if the modem's an internal card) and moving it there.
There have been reports of some graphics cards using the io addresses
of COM3 & COM4 (sio2&3).
> And if its a conflict, why can I start ppp after I get X going?
Magic :-( I wouldn't rule anything out.
> Pat
>
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