On 04 Jan 2002, ben wrote: > On Friday 04 January 2002 10:46 am, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On 04 Jan 2002, ben wrote: > > > On Friday 04 January 2002 02:46 am, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > I only have Linux at present, though I'm planning to play with FreeBSD. > > > > Oddly enough, the problem has never occurred with my laptop, using the > > > > same ISP and the same kernel. > > > > > > do you have the same version of ppp on both machines? > > > > Yes: 2.4.1.uus-1 on both. > > so what are you actually doing, what apps are running when the system locks > up? you also mentioned that there were some other previous difficulties using > the free isp--what kind of problems were occurring before?
In all cases I was doing fairly lengthy downloads and it occured after about 15 min. It doesn't happen when getting mail or news. I have had it using Netscape, Mozilla, and I think Lynx though I'm not sure. My modem is an external Courier. The ISP (NTL) used to be very good till a few months ago. Now the NTL newsgroups are full of complaints, mainly about dead IPs which for some people are almost continual. There are also difficulties connecting, dropped lines, and slow downloads. In other words, almost every problem you can think of. Why do we continue to use NTL? Well, (a) it used to be good, and (b) if you make more than 15 pounds worth of voice calls a month your internet calls are free (though this is about to change). Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux GNU/Debian (Windows-free zone) For an electronic book (The Assassins of Alamut), skeptical essays, and over 150 book reviews, go to: http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. [Carl Sagan]
