Odds & Ends: DSL/PPPoE FAQ; More on quitting the Dock; Invalid kernel extensions?

Mac OS X: DSL/PPPoE Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) TIL article 106432 answers common questions about connecting to the Internet with Mac OS X and a DSL modem, using the PPPoE protocol.

Another reason to "kill" the Dock Matthew Butch adds another symptom solved by killing the Dock (see yesterday's item): "Sometimes it won't show new apps that I launch. Usually it happens when I wake my iBook from sleep."

Invalid kernel extensions? Looking at our system.log recently, we noticed an odd pair of error messages. They cited two files in /System/Library/Extensions as "not a valid kernel extension bundle." They were: msdosfs.kext and webdav_fs.kext. Indeed, when we opened the Extensions folder, the icon for these files was an ordinary folder icon rather than the document icon used by kext packages. They appear to be Mac OS X installed files, needed for file sharing. We have no idea why they do not appear the same as other kext extensions nor my the console flags them as errors.