Re[2]: Pon is buggy??

[Björn J. <kh...@te...>]

=3D?iso-8859-1?Q?M=3DA7K?=3D wrote about Pon is buggy??:

> 
> 
> > 
> > Hi.
> > 
> > I still have problems going off the net with Debian3.0.
> > When I try pon provider, nothing happens. I did this
> > with the 2.4.18 kernel.
> 
> I've got the same problem, but I think it's a matter of pppd launch strin=
g
> even if I haven't managed to find out the right one yet.
> I don't think it's a kernel issue either, as I'm using 2.4.9 (problems wi=
th
> 2.4.20 as well...).
> Anyway, I can't connect with pon, wvdial, kppp, gnome dialer, *but *I can=

> using dialdcontrol.
> Don't ask me why, but it works :)
> 
> BTW, there's a strange bug (?) in modem handling: if I launch an app such=
 as
> psi (jabber client) or opera and /then/ I try to go online, 80% of times
> the whole system freezes while running pppd and I have to ctrl+/A/+/A/
> 
> Michele (A1200+BPPC+BVision)
>

Where can I find Dialdcontrol? It doesn't seem to be part of Debian3.0.

A while ago I had a chat with a guy on NetBSD. He said that there existed
a Repulse driver(68k) in NetBSD and suggested that I could try to port
this to Debian(PPC), but my knowledge in programming is poor, so I'm wonder=
ing
if anyone in the LinuxAPUS community would be interested in this?


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