hello all, having some odd problems here on a toshiba tecra 8000. i've been using kppp to dial into my ISP for a good few months with no problems. now all of a sudden it's started freezing my system - once i get to the modem initialization script the entire system freezes, i can't use the mouse, i can't switch to another terminal, and ctrl-alt-del doesn't work. i switched to wvdial and the problem persists though a little more erratically - maybe 40% of the time? i haven't installed any new software recently, and i'm using the same phoen # and ISP, so i'm a little confused why this is appearing all of a sudden. i tried using wvdial under gnome and kde with the same problems in both.
i'm using a linmodem driver for the internal winmodem. i'm not sure what information is pertinent to this problem but for the record: i have to kill diald before dialing because it seems to hold on to the modem and not let pppd use it -- this little workaround has worked fine until now. could it be a conflict between any of the various internet daemons (wwwoffled, inetd, etc)? thanks in advance for any help! best, nick -- +++http://f-matic.net +++audiovideotextstuff
