Bug#594886: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Computer freeze on network traffic
Sorry for being away so long, but there have been developments. I'm running 2.6.35-trunk-amd64 with acpi=off and the system seems to work correctly. I suspect the faulty Targa Traveller 826 RTC has striked again. -- Ta otro mail... Marcos (cualquier parecido con la coincidencia es pura realidad) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CANuyui1_qbpiH4rLfKmK+mf3C89_zouoAsOgd=mqa8ddf7t...@mail.gmail.com
Bug#594886: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Computer freeze on network traffic
El 02/09/2010 1:04, Ben Hutchings escribió: I would guess that the when the computer 'freezes', the kernel has crashed. Please try to get information about the crash by using netconsole http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt, or a serial console http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/serial-console.txt, or running the network application on a text console (not using X) and photographing the screen after the crash. Ben. Ok, netconsole doesn't live long enough to send data before the system locks. No information shows up on the screen (I have been testing on the text console), so a photo would be mostly useless. What I have been able to test, though, is the system dying when receiving enough UDP traffic (it seems to be above 100K data). ICMP traffic, though, seems to work ok. While waiting for advice, I will keep playing around with tests to try and find out repeatable scenes. -- Ta otro mail... Marcos (cualquier parecido con la coincidencia es pura realidad) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c8009a2.6000...@bigfoot.com
Bug#594886: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Computer freeze on network traffic
On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 14:27 +0200, Marcos García Ochoa wrote: El 30/08/2010 18:15, Ben Hutchings escribió: Yes, this is a good point. Can you test with our kernel version 2.6.35, available from experimental? Ben. DHCP seems to work ok, but transfers freeze the computer (I tried apt-get update by itself and through trickle -d 10, and it locked up quite quickly). OTOH, I managed to install jnettop (30.8KB deb file) and it didn't freeze. I wonder if it's a problem with the number of concurrent connections in some way. I'll try and test it. I would guess that the when the computer 'freezes', the kernel has crashed. Please try to get information about the crash by using netconsole http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt, or a serial console http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/serial-console.txt, or running the network application on a text console (not using X) and photographing the screen after the crash. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#594886: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Computer freeze on network traffic
El 30/08/2010 18:15, Ben Hutchings escribió: Yes, this is a good point. Can you test with our kernel version 2.6.35, available from experimental? Ben. DHCP seems to work ok, but transfers freeze the computer (I tried apt-get update by itself and through trickle -d 10, and it locked up quite quickly). OTOH, I managed to install jnettop (30.8KB deb file) and it didn't freeze. I wonder if it's a problem with the number of concurrent connections in some way. I'll try and test it. -- Ta otro mail... Marcos (cualquier parecido con la coincidencia es pura realidad) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c7cf541.6010...@bigfoot.com
Bug#594886: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Computer freeze on network traffic
On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 14:16 +0200, Marcos García Ochoa wrote: Subject: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Computer freeze on network traffic Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.32-20 Severity: important *** Please type your report below this line *** On my Targa Traveller 826 WS, any kernel from 2.6.26 on will freeze sooner or later (usually in less than two minutes if transfers achieve over 50KB/s) when network traffic is allowed. Typical system failures happen before half a minute has passed after obtaining IP address through DHCP, and many times _during_ DHCP negotiation. It doesn't seem to be a NIC related problem as it fails when using the integrated 8139 or a PCMCIA FA410TX card. I haven't tested wifi cards, though. If the IP is configured by hand, the system stays alive a bit longer, but it will quickly die if high speed transfers (over 50-60KB/s in this case) are started (typically, apt-get update or apt-get upgrade will bring the system down). AFAICS, it's such a total freeze I need to cold-boot the computer to keep working. I'm making do currently with a custom 2.6.28.10 kernel (latest version that allows me not to use the tickless option, IIRC). This sounds like a hardware problem, not a kernel bug. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#594886: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Computer freeze on network traffic
El 30/08/2010 15:51, Ben Hutchings escribió: This sounds like a hardware problem, not a kernel bug. Ben. It might be a hardware problem. But I find it interesting that it didn't happen on 2.6.18 on AMD64, it happens on 2.6.26 stable and not on my custom compiled version, and so on... and it doesn't happen either with Ubuntu kernels. Not that I'm too knowledgeable about the Linux kernel, but either the kernel highlighted a hidden hardware fault or it was the other way around. Frankly, being able to work with different kernel configurations except the Debian stock kernels would point to those kernels having the problem, wouldn't it? -- Ta otro mail... Marcos (cualquier parecido con la coincidencia es pura realidad) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c7bc4ea.9060...@bigfoot.com
Bug#594886: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Computer freeze on network traffic
On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 16:49 +0200, Marcos García Ochoa wrote: El 30/08/2010 15:51, Ben Hutchings escribió: This sounds like a hardware problem, not a kernel bug. Ben. It might be a hardware problem. But I find it interesting that it didn't happen on 2.6.18 on AMD64, it happens on 2.6.26 stable and not on my custom compiled version, and so on... and it doesn't happen either with Ubuntu kernels. Not that I'm too knowledgeable about the Linux kernel, but either the kernel highlighted a hidden hardware fault or it was the other way around. Frankly, being able to work with different kernel configurations except the Debian stock kernels would point to those kernels having the problem, wouldn't it? Yes, this is a good point. Can you test with our kernel version 2.6.35, available from experimental? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#594886: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Computer freeze on network traffic
El 30/08/2010 18:15, Ben Hutchings escribió: Yes, this is a good point. Can you test with our kernel version 2.6.35, available from experimental? Ben. Downloading. will probably try in ten hours from now or so, if I get enough free time at work :) I'm downloading dbg too, but I won't install it until told to. -- Ta otro mail... Marcos (cualquier parecido con la coincidencia es pura realidad) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c7c2f99.4000...@bigfoot.com
