Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 10:17:48 +0100 (MET) From: Nick Pearson <nick@ruly46.medfac.leidenuniv.nl> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: URGENT: 2.2-BETA fails for PPP to COM3! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961226101056.3099A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961225234042.211A-100000@hamby1>
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On Wed, 25 Dec 1996, Jake Hamby wrote: > I _did_ try with 2.2-BETA (the latest version that you posted the MD5 > checksum for tonight). I also reproduced it using COM2. Check it out > again. This could be a big negative publicity if not fixed since I'd > guess 99% of PC owners have a mouse on COM1 and their modem on something > other. You don't need to actually start a PPP, just type "show modem" at > the PPP prompt, and verify that it always shows "device: cuaa0" to > reproduce the bug. > > -- Jake I've seen the same on 2.2-ALPHA when installing on a friends machine. Disabling the other com ports, i.e. the ports the modem isn't on, in the boot -c editor forces ppp onto the right port. Not brilliant but workable. Nick
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