On Wed, 16 May 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> the HOWTO mentions that IRCOMM can 'crash the kernel easily'...i'm not
> sure if that reference is up to date or not (i tend not to trsut he irda
> docs too heavily ;-)
>
> hwoever this is exactly what i'm expereincing...i'm running with RH7.0
> and recently installed 2.2.19 kernel, with whatever irda support the
> above suggests (i haven't installed anything manually, it all just works
> (sets up irda0, happily dials on a mobile over IR) (unless it crashes!))
>
> ...it semed more stable with out of the box 2.2.14 kernel that came with
> RH7.0...since upgrading the kernel, using ppp over irda on my nokia 6210
> phone often hangs the kernel on disconnect
I must say, as an IRCOMM user with 2.2.19, I haven't seen this.
Do you get a kernel oops message on screen or in your syslog file?
> before i try and install the whole thing from scratch using the latest
> irda drivers, does anyone have any expereince with IRCOMM kernel
> crashes? where's the ebst place to start looking for a fix?
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