Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 12:44:54 +1100 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Peter <fbsdq@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: startx resets the modem Message-ID: <20010207124454.E33063@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <SAK.2001.02.06.cfrabkac@support10>; from fbsdq@yahoo.com on Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 09:31:30AM -0700 References: <SAK.2001.02.06.cfrabkac@support10>
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On Tuesday, 6 February 2001 at 9:31:30 -0700, Peter wrote: > Have a question which I can't figure out: > > I have a modem [isa [PnP, but jumpers are set > [PnP is off]], com4/cuaa3], I dial out to isp, > everything is working great [this is done as > root]. When I login with a regular user account, > and then type 'startx', this resets my modem > [resets= makes it hang up], so basically I have > to dial back out after starting X. This only > occurs when I startx, after it's started and I > dial back out, I can then switch between X, and > console all day long and it wont' do anything to > the modem...So the question is: How come a > regular user can make my modem hang up just like > that?, It's just annoying if I'm on console and > decide to surf the web with Netscape, I have to > re-dial my ISP. [Not sure, but I think it also > did this in linux]. Someone had suggested that > it can be X initializing my mouse? [ps/2]. Any > ideas, or has anyone ever heard of this before? I would have guessed the mouse, too, but that would only happen if you told X your mouse was on the modem port, so it would have to be a serial mouse. I can't think what else it could be, though. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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