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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Inapropriate ioctl for device?!?
Date: 18 Aug 1995 11:09:51 +0200
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Thomas Schroecker <thomas@canadian-agra.com> wrote:
First of all: which o/s version?
>I've been trying to get pppd to work over a dialin line (I followed the
>steps in the handbook). However, everytime I log in, and start pppd, a
>message something like "inapropriate ioctl for device" pops up on the
which ioctl is inappropriate?
>server console. But ppp still sorta works. I can ping the server, but
>that's about it. Telneting or ftping to the server is outta the
>question. Sometimes I get this cool kernel panic and the system crashes.
which panic?
>btw, running over ttyd00
That device does not exist :), but i guess you're using ttyd0.
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cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)