nvidia kernel module ate my modem (!)

2003-09-13 Thread Richard Dymond
OK, so here's the story. I'm running FreeBSD 5.1 on a PC, and I've just compiled the nvidia kernel module so I can get the most out of my GeForce card. I've got nvidia_load=YES in /boot/loader.conf, and I reboot. Log in, startx, lovely nvidia splash screen. Hooray! Decide to dial up and have a

Re: nvidia kernel module ate my modem (!)

2003-09-13 Thread Lewis Thompson
Okay, most importantly. Hah hah! I love the topic. On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 10:28:04AM +0100, Richard Dymond wrote: Chapter 2: Investigation. Had a fiddle with /etc/rc.conf and /boot/loader.conf, and discovered that if I refrain from loading the nvidia module at boot time, ppp works fine and