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Date:      Sun, 31 Jan 1999 16:20:02 +0000
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        "Paul D. Schmidt" <pds@enteract.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PPP Question 
Message-ID:  <199901311620.QAA92037@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 30 Jan 1999 23:16:42 CST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.990130231046.23270A-100000@pds.internal.enteract.com> 

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Try typing ``dmesg | fgrep sio''.  You should see a few lines 
something like:

sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa
sio0: type 16550A

This indicates that cuaa0 (COM1) is available.  Don't attempt to use 
any cua devices that are not probed correctly....

> Dear FreeBSD Support Peoples:
> 
> I am having slight problems getting user PPP to work.  I dislike harassing
> fine people like yourselves about such trivial matters, but the man page,
> the handbook, ppp_setup.sh, etc have failed me.  (Or rather, I'm just
> retarded).  I tried setting my modem to both cuaa0 and cuaa1, but every
> time I try ppp -ddial or just ppp manually, it just hangs.  When I type
> term and then type ATZ or ATDT or other modem commands, I get no local
> echo and the ppp program can't even be killed with a -9...I have to reboot
> to regain control of the tty.
> 
> If anyone could clue me in to any possible solutions, I send out my thanks
> in advance.
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul
> 
> --
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> Paul D. Schmidt                                            <pds@enteract.com>
>  "Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand"  -Anonymous
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-- 
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