Re: 2.0.36 instability?

Ondrej Feela Filip (feela@ipex.cz)
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 19:33:39 +0100 (MET)


On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Glenn Burkhardt wrote:

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> > On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Glenn Burkhardt wrote:
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> > > Just out of curiosity, what kind of hardware do you have in your machine?
> >
> > PII, 233MHz, 128MB, Intel board, 440BX, Adaptec AIC-7881U (rev 1), S3 Inc.
> > Trio64V2/DX or /GX (rev 6) and Cyclades board.
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> > > I've been getting similar crashes/lock ups that are definitely related to
> > > a Moxa C168HS serial mux. Do you have any special peripherals in your machine?
> > > I've been running 2.0.36 on a vanilla machine (ViRGE graphics, ethernet only)
> > > without any problems.
> >
> > I run 2.0.36 on similar machine without Cyclades, and it's also OK.
> >
> > >
> > > I plan to down grade to 2.0.32 to check it out...
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> How interesting! Just to compare notes, how are you using the Cyclades board?
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> Do you enable logins on the ports?

Yes, using pap authetification.

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> Do you use a loadable driver for the Cyclades board, or one linked into the
> kernel?

It's linked into kernel.

> When the error occurs, you said your entire system hangs. If you've logged
> in at the console before the error, can you do anything?

No, it completely freezes.

> I've just pulled the Ethernet board out of my system, and I know that there are

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