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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!news.mathworks.com!hookup!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!rcarter From: rcarter@netcom.com (Russell Carter) Subject: Re: ppp crashes my FBSD 2.0 Message-ID: <rcarterD2yzLp.M3p@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <D2q0xA.55t@discus.technion.ac.il> <D2uzGs.208@pencotts.demon.co.uk> <3g3oar$8oc@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 16:39:25 GMT Lines: 21 In article <3g3oar$8oc@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>, Jon Jenkins <jenkinsj@oils.ozy.dec.com> wrote: >arg@pencotts.demon.co.uk wrote: > >: I am also having problems with PPP. I am using FBSD 2.0, off the >: Walnut Creek CD. I have compiled two different kernels - one using the >: supplied GENERIC config with ppp added: > >i seem to remember ther is a bug and you need >to get the "current" kernel version of the >ppp module from ftp.cdrom.com. > Ah hah! This one bit me yesterday, the hang is impressive, the mouse cursor goes away, the keyboard dies, and nothing stirs forever more. But I grabbed the 2.0-950112-SNAP srcdist and my home system is crunching through the make world, do I really need FreeBSD-current? Or just the ppp-current srcs? I guess I'll find out tonight. Russell