Bug#428028: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686-bigmem: possible mutex deadlock; multiple pids stuck in D state near __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x4a/0x79

2007-06-08 Thread supaplex
Package: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686-bigmem Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2 Severity: normal I've seen some issues like this in the past, were processes will start collecting in the D state (waiting on disk or i/o etc). I almost caught a crashdump (not sure how usefull that would have been).

Bug#420754: Problem apparently reported already in initramfs-tools

2007-06-08 Thread Olivier Berger
FYI, the bug report #420754 seems to correspond to this problem, and proposes a workaround. I'm gonna try it and test if this solves the issue. Best regards, -- Olivier BERGER [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ATTENTION : new address) Ingénieur Recherche - Dept INF GET/INT at Evry (http://www.int-edu.eu/)

Bug#420754: Workaround OK

2007-06-08 Thread Olivier Berger
Hi. FYI, the proposed workaround in http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=420754#5 helps solve the issue. I've patched /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions, then issued : mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-xen-686 2.6.18-4-xen-686 After that : the lib/ in the initrd image

Bug#420185: linux-image-2.6.20-1-686: pseudo terminals not created properly - neither is /dev/ttyzf

2007-06-08 Thread Alan Chandler
On Wednesday 06 Jun 2007, Bastian Blank wrote: tags 420185 moreinfo thanks On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 04:39:54PM +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: I whenever I try and run anything that requires a psuedo tty it fails (so for instance I cannot ssh into the machine, nor can I run terminals under

Bug#420185: linux-image-2.6.20-1-686: pseudo terminals not created properly - neither is /dev/ttyzf

2007-06-08 Thread Bastian Blank
On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 06:28:49PM +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: Nothing is mounted. Mounting devpts on /dev/pts makes it work So the question is, why is it not mounted? It is mounted by /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh. Bastian -- Vulcans believe peace should not depend on force.

Bug#426440: /usr/sbin/pppd: sometimes connection with Option GlobeTrotter card hangs, ping: sendmsg: No buffer space available

2007-06-08 Thread Miernik
On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 03:20:51PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 10:09:04PM +0200, Miernik wrote: ping: sendmsg: No buffer space available I have this as well, with both my Option 3G Datacard, and a borrowed Novatel 740. After killing the PPP connection, the virtual USB