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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.radio.cz!newsbastard.radio.cz!news.radio.cz!CESspool!europa.clark.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!ais.net!news.idt.net!nntp.farm.idt.net!gramercy.ios.com!not-for-mail From: Mark Seltzer <seltzer1@gramercy.ios.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Question about PPP performance Date: 8 Apr 1997 03:25:07 GMT Organization: Internet Online Services Lines: 42 Message-ID: <5icdqj$2hj@nnrp4.farm.idt.net> References: <jhsterne-ya02408000R0304971945300001@news.mindspring.com> <jhsterne-ya02408000R0404972113080001@news.mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gramercy.ios.com X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA release 961025] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5775 ea, what you have to do is download procps which should fix all that stuff.. (accept when you type W which still does not work ) download procps.tar.gz from ftp.netbsd.org in the directory arch/mac68k/ (something or other)/procps.tar.gz I had that problem for a long time and still am not to happy about the replacement PS. Jason S. <jhsterne@mindspring.com.nospam> wrote: : In article <jhsterne-ya02408000R0304971945300001@news.mindspring.com>, : jhsterne@mindspring.com.nospam (Jason S.) wrote: : > I'm running NetBSD 1.2B on a Mac Performa 450 (aka LCIII - 25 MHz 68030) : > with 20 MB RAM (GENERICSBC-9 kernel). For the most part, it has done what : > I've wanted it to (including X) but I have a question about the abysmal PPP : > throughput I've seen under NetBSD, namely, that running MacOS 7.5.5 with OT : > 1.1.1, the exact same hardware typically gave me 2.5 - 3.5 kilobytes per : > second on typical ftps, and under NetBSD I see 1 to 1.5 kilobytes per : > second (or less). I have a Zoom V.34X modem (up to 33.6, although my ISPs : > all max out at 28.8) and have set my port speed to 57600. The V.34 and DC : > (data compression) lights both light up when I dial up my ISP under NetBSD : > (as well as under MacOS (of course)). : [Replying to my own post - oh gawd!] : I got some helpful advice via email on this one - try a newer kernel. I : upgraded to GENERICSBC-26 and while I haven't really checked its PPP : performance, it did exorcise one of the more annoying demons from my : machine - the proclivity to continue inverse text past the point when it : was supposed to stop (in, e.g., man pages and lynx). That makes it worth : the price of admission. : New problem (with GENERICSBC-26): : When I use "ps", I now get "ps: process size mismatch (7824 total, 648 : chunks)" and no process list. : Do I need another version of ps, or is this a kernel bug? : J. -- Mark Seltzer