Re: Kernel PPP/Modem connection problems starting somewhere between 2.2.14(maybe 15) and 2.2.18
On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 07:48:29PM +, Adrian Bridgett wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 17:30:38 -0600 (+), Matthew Fredrickson wrote: > > I'm not positive if this is a bug, I'm only able to confirm this from one > > other source. Somewhere between (I can't remember exactly which kernel my > > server started on) ~2.2.14(or 15) and 2.2.18 my ppp connection > > periodically hangs and I have to restart the connection. My situation is > [snip] > > Ditto. Using evil winmodem here and Debian (ppp-2.4.0f-1). 2.2.19pre3 at > the moment but it's been happening for a while. Things seemed better when I > turned on default-asyncmap, however it still occasionally goes belly up > (almost _always_ when scping files out (uploading Debian packages)). Last > time I checked it also happend with my 28.8k USB modem (a normal modem, that > one). > > I've found a magic fix and when I've got time I'll try and burrow though the > pppd source to try and find out why. The magic fix? Turn on recording in > pppd (i.e. add "record /tmp/foo" to /etc/ppp/options). I'd be interested > if it fixes it for you. I'm not positive, but so far, it looks like that fixed the problem. I don't know what would cause it to break like that, but I think I'm going to go hunt around changelogs to see if there are any major changes in that kernel version range. -- Matthew Fredrickson AIM MatthewFredricks ICQ 13923212 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.fredricknet.net/~matt/ "Everything is relative" - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Kernel PPP/Modem connection problems starting somewhere between 2.2.14(maybe 15) and 2.2.18
On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 07:48:29PM +, Adrian Bridgett wrote: On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 17:30:38 -0600 (+), Matthew Fredrickson wrote: I'm not positive if this is a bug, I'm only able to confirm this from one other source. Somewhere between (I can't remember exactly which kernel my server started on) ~2.2.14(or 15) and 2.2.18 my ppp connection periodically hangs and I have to restart the connection. My situation is [snip] Ditto. Using evil winmodem here and Debian (ppp-2.4.0f-1). 2.2.19pre3 at the moment but it's been happening for a while. Things seemed better when I turned on default-asyncmap, however it still occasionally goes belly up (almost _always_ when scping files out (uploading Debian packages)). Last time I checked it also happend with my 28.8k USB modem (a normal modem, that one). I've found a magic fix and when I've got time I'll try and burrow though the pppd source to try and find out why. The magic fix? Turn on recording in pppd (i.e. add "record /tmp/foo" to /etc/ppp/options). I'd be interested if it fixes it for you. I'm not positive, but so far, it looks like that fixed the problem. I don't know what would cause it to break like that, but I think I'm going to go hunt around changelogs to see if there are any major changes in that kernel version range. -- Matthew Fredrickson AIM MatthewFredricks ICQ 13923212 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.fredricknet.net/~matt/ "Everything is relative" - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
