On Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 05:34:33AM -0800, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > --- Kurt Swigart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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?
Light. > > 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. Nope. I already checked that. > > 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? No help I already tried that too. > > 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. Tried that also. IRQ 3 has the top priority. Thanks anyway, Kurt
