* Exactly what you typed or did to demonstrate the problem. On another machine, I typed
ftp erich1 erich (my user name) sdlfskldfj (my password) binary cd /usr/local/bin get emacs * A description of the incorrect behaviour: exactly what behaviour you were expecting, and what you observed. A transcript of an example session is a good way of showing this. The computer running debian hung: moving the mouse didn't cause the cursor to move on the screen (I was running X), 'ping erich1' didn't get a response, etc. * The exact and complete text of any error messages printed or logged. I found this in /var/adm/messages. The last message below was the last message that got printed before the machine hung. Jan 2 16:18:29 erich1 kernel: eth0: Rx unit stopped status 1220 rx head 2000 tail 3900. Jan 2 16:18:29 erich1 kernel: Rx buf at 2000: 4000 0000 2640 2016 feed f00d f001 0505 2424 6565 deaf 0000 ffff 2020 0000 8620. Jan 2 16:18:29 erich1 kernel: Rx buf at 2640: 0000 0000 2c80 2656 feed f00d f001 0505 2424 6565 deaf 0000 ffff 2660 0000 8620. Jan 2 16:18:29 erich1 kernel: Rx buf at 2c80: 0000 0000 32c0 2c96 feed f00d f001 0505 2424 6565 deaf 0000 ffff 2ca0 0000 8620. Jan 2 16:18:29 erich1 kernel: Rx buf at 32c0: 0000 0000 3900 32d6 feed f00d f001 0505 2424 6565 deaf 0000 ffff 32e0 0000 8620. Jan 2 16:18:29 erich1 kernel: Rx buf at 3900: 0000 c000 2000 3916 feed f00d f001 0505 2424 6565 deaf 0000 ffff 3920 0000 8620. Jan 2 16:18:29 erich1 kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, network cable problem? Kicking board. * The version of the whole Debian system you are using. 0.93 R6 * What kernel version you're using (type uname -a). Linux erich1 1.2.13 #2 Sat Nov 4 12:43:34 PST 1995 i486 * What shared C library you're using (type ls -l /lib/lic.so.4). lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Dec 19 01:47 /lib/libc.so.4 -> libc.so.4.6.27* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 634880 Sep 12 19:17 /lib/libc.so.4.6.27* (You should change the file /usr/doc/debian-0.93/bug-reporting.txt -- it tells me to examine the file '/lib/lic.so.4', which doesn't exist) * Appropriate details of the hardware in your system. If you're reporting a problem with a device driver please list all the hardware in your system, as problems are often caused by IRQ and I/O address conflicts. The network card is an Intel Etherexpress 16. Here's some more information from /var/adm/messages that describes the driver: Jan 2 16:37:18 erich1 kernel: loading device 'eth0'... Jan 2 16:37:18 erich1 kernel: eth0: EtherExpress at 0x300, 00 aa 00 46 00 4e, IRQ 9, Interface 10baseT. Jan 2 16:37:18 erich1 kernel: eexpress.c:v0.07 1/19/94 Donald Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) I've seen this problem a number of times; each time I was transferring a reasonably large file (more than one megabyte). I've seen the problem btoh when running the ftp client on the Debian system, connecting to some other server, and running the ftp client on some other machine, connecting to the ftp server on the Debian machine.