On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 07:23:25AM -0400, Richard wrote: > > I don't use the serial port often, but I'd like to have the option > of using it. > > I'm sceptical that it is a hardware problem, since this problem > doesn't show up with my other operating systems, which include > LFS 6.2, PCLinux OS, Windows XP and Windows 98. > > Richard
Welcome to the joys of kernel changes which cause intermittent failures (races, probably) and are therefore hard to bisect. I've got my own on r8169 - as a module, it occasionally seems to come up late - no error messages, but my /sources nfs mount doesn't happen [ but my user nfs mounts from ~/.bashrc work fine ]. When I first saw this (early 3.10-rc) it happened frequently, but now I hardly ever notice it - happened again on my current boot (3.11-rc). All I can suggest is that you update to a current stable kernel (3.10.latest) if you haven't already done so. Might be fixed, might be harder to hit, might be no change. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, dieses Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
