From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 28 14:45:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA16017 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 14:45:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA16007; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 14:45:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id JAA13081; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 09:13:32 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199701282243.JAA13081@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: progress report on connection problems In-Reply-To: from Steve at "Jan 28, 97 01:08:44 pm" To: shovey@buffnet.net (Steve) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 09:13:31 +1030 (CST) Cc: terry@lambert.org, robert@nanguo.chalmers.com.au, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Steve stands accused of saying: > > > > 1) Contact the vendor for a fix; one probably exists. > > > > 2) If no fix is available, turn extension off on the FreeBSD > > system, and submit a bug report to the vendor so that a > > fix will happen. > > Turning extensions off does not stop the problem. Ah, but it does. It's just that other FreeBSD systems (like Yahoo) still have them turned on, so the Annex is dropping its guts regardless. As has been mentioned, the _correct_ response is to tell your provider that their Annex is _BROKEN_, and that they need to upgrade its software (which I believe is a free exercise, but you can ransack Xylogics' website for details there) preferably before you take your business elsewhere. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[