Re: Re: Mathematica and PPP
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- Subject: [mg4945] Re: [mg4893] Re: Mathematica and PPP
- From: Lee Larson <lmlars01 at homer.louisville.edu>
- Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 02:02:13 -0400
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Jason Krywicki, krywicki at bucknell.edu recently typed >In article <52fcer$n12 at dragonfly.wolfram.com>, chenrich at monmouth.com >(Christopher J. Henrich) wrote: > >>I have a very silly problem with Mathematica on my Mac. When its time >>for the kernel to start, it insists on dialing out on my modem. The only >>way to prevent this is to restart with the Mac PPP extension disabled. >>Half-measures usually lock up the system. > >Hi Christopher. The "problem" you are discribing is actually Mma checking >the network to make sure that two kernels aren't running with the same >password. Versions up to 2.2.1 do this. The latest version 2.2.2 only >checks the network if you are connected. The only way to get around this is >to: > > 1.) Take out MacTCP > 2.) Upgrade to 2.2.2 There is a better solution. Upgrade to a newer version of PPP on your Mac. For example, FreePPP 2.5v2, which I use, has a check box to disallow programs from opening the PPP connection. You can get it from <ftp:/ftp.louisville.edu/pub/math/Larson/macstuff/>. Lee Larson <> http://www.louisville.edu/~lmlars01 <> (502)339-8758 Mathematics Department, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292 USA ==== [MESSAGE SEPARATOR] ====