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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!news.stealth.net!cdc2.cdc.net!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!news.consultix.com!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!news.acsu.buffalo.edu!acsu.buffalo.edu!nvp From: nvp@cs.buffalo.edu (Nathan V Patwardhan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ppp and X problems Date: 24 Aug 1996 18:25:21 GMT Organization: University at Buffalo Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4vnheh$g94@prometheus.acsu.buffalo.edu> References: <Pine.GSO.3.93.960819123027.456A-100000@destrier.acsu.buffalo.edu> <4vhvh7$fd@anorak.coverform.lan> NNTP-Posting-Host: armstrong.cs.buffalo.edu NNTP-Posting-User: nvp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Brian Somers (brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk) wrote: : jgk@acsu.buffalo.edu wrote: : : I have installed BSD 2.1 on my computer, and I having troubles setting up : : the ppp connection, and X windows. I have a pentium 100 with 16 megs of : : ram, a trident video card TGUI 9680 chipset(supported in : : Xfree86 beta) and a 28.8 modem. I am able to dial out on my modem using : : kermit. If you have allocated any "extra" ports in /etc/services (i.e.-6000+) you might want to reconsider. X uses these ports. I learned this message awhile back --- the hard way (when allocating other ports to ppp). :) HTH Nate nvp@nfic.com