Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 15:23:45 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: tony@warp.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ppp & modem stopped working Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961229152255.311J-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199612280037.AAA31909@mail.warp.co.uk>
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On Sat, 28 Dec 1996 tony@warp.co.uk wrote: > Hi All > > I busy experimenting with freebsd 2.1.6 on my home PC in a view to moving our > servers over on to it from linux. I currently multi-boot win95, > Linux, and FreeBSD on the same machine. > > I used the ppp command to connect to work and this worked fine for a > few days, now all I get when I dial in is gibberish on the screen. > I feel that this is possibly related to a handshaking problem. > > The modem is a 28.8 internal on set to com2 - com2 on the motherboard as > been disabled. > > Does anyone know what to look for - the same system works fine with > linux & windows95, and was working fine with freebsd until tonight Type 'show modem' at the ppp> prompt and make sure everything checks out there. > I've re-compiled the kernal with option XSERVER enabled (the modem > worked ok with the new kernal) however when I startx the screen goes > blank and the system crashes - I've also tried /stand/sysinstall and > selected config XF86 in there but with the same result. Again XFree86 > runs fine under the Linux system. The video card is a 2Mb PCI > S3Triov+ Any pointers would greartly be appreciated. Did you run xf86config? You'll have to try and capture the output before the system dies. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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