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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