On Thursday, 8. February 2007 08:38, Ian Smith wrote: > On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > > On Wednesday, 7. February 2007 18:45, Joe Vender wrote: > > > On Wednesday 07 February 2007 01:59, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > > > ... > > > > > > > There is https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55785 on record, your > > > > description sounds more like you're getting a kernel panic in the > > > > background though (KPPP is a frontend for pppd and the in-kernel ppp > > > > driver). > > > > > > If I want to use KPPP in FreeBSD, do I need to first manually edit any > > > config files for pppd, and if so, please elaborate, or does creating > > > the settings in the "Configure" sections of KPPP take care of > > > everything needed? > > > > > > I found this bug report which sounds just like the problem I'm having > > > with FreeBSD and KPPP. > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=i386/98154 > > > > I agree, that sounds similar. I've changed the CC to stable@, since that > > is a better place for pppd/kernel ppp related issues. > > > > > Is there any intention to address it? > > > > I call on the community (especially those with modems) to take it on. To > > that end, I've left your motivational speech below intact for everyone's > > benefit. > > Perhaps we should rather be calling upon the KDE developer community to > provide such a frontend interface to configure and invoke FreeBSD's ppp, > for those who find a little manual configuration, as you describe below, > beyond them?
You mean the FreeBSD-using KDE developer community, which is neither very big nor very prolific. I am convinced that remaining compatible with common Linux solutions will always be the better strategy as far as the desktop is concerned. -- ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | [EMAIL PROTECTED] (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org
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