On Thu, 7 Dec 2000 21:53:26 -0500, Roger Turk wrote:
> L.D.
> You are not alone!
> Monday I fired up Arachne (1.48) on my office machine, having last used it
> successfully on Saturday. I got an error message, TCP/IP error (or
> something), Arachne re-dialing, PPP not found, re-dialing, same message, etc,
> etc. Arachne locks up and 3-finger salute is necessary. Performance is
> repeated. Replaced ARACHNE.CFG with a back-up .CFG that I had and I finally
> got Arachne to run again.
> To be sure, there are gremlins in the works!!!
Once in a blue moon I too will get the message "PPP Link is down". The
error occurs only very rarely. I don't know what causes it. I have never
been able to recover from that error simply by doing the three-finger-salute.
CTRL + ALT + DELETE, try again, and the same thing happens. By cold
re-booting I can almost always recover immediately. You are right, Roger.
Surely there are gremlins. The same gremlin that takes down the PPP link
has been there since Arachne v. 1.20 beta. I can remember reading about it
way back then. The only recommended exorcism at that time was a cold reboot.
Solemnly performing the same ancient ritual will still produce good results
today.
All the best,
Sam Heywood
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