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Re: X hangs modem/ppp




--- Kurt Swigart <kswigart@silverlink.net> wrote:

> My ppp connection quits working when I start X.  It doesn't happen all
> the time, just about 60%.  Stopping X does not make it better.

How heavy is the overall system load?

> The problem seems to be with the modem (or the serial port), since even if
> I kill pppd, I cannot communicate with the modem.

Maybe it remains locked.

> I can't even send it "ATZ".  I have found no way to "reset" the problem
> except to reboot.  

Turning the modem off and on doesn't help?

> I first thought that there may be an IRQ conflict between the mouse
> and the modem, but that is not it.  I did not have this problem with
> the same hardware but with my old Slackware distribution.  When I
> switched to debian, the problem started.  
> 
> I have an external Supra 28.8k modem on ttyS3 (irq 3).  My mouse is on
> ttyS0 (irq 4).  

The only suggestion I can make is to try irqtune from the hwtools package.


Michel


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