Hi Thanks a lot for letting me know about the problem with e1000.
Regards, // Ola On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 08:57:08PM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > Your message dated Mon, 28 May 2007 22:54:41 +0200 > with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > and subject line closing until I'm sure it's a pptp bug > has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done. > > This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. > If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the > Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. > > (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I am > talking about this indicates a serious mail system misconfiguration > somewhere. Please contact me immediately.) > > Debian bug tracking system administrator > (administrator, Debian Bugs database) > > From: Bastian Venthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: System freeze when copying large files > X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.1 > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 > (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on rietz.debian.org > X-Spam-Level: > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-11.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROMDEVELOPER, > HAS_PACKAGE autolearn=ham version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 > > Package: pptp-linux > Version: 1.7.0-2 > Severity: Grave > > --- Please enter the report below this line. --- > Hi, > > I have several machines (all T60s) at work running Debian/Etch/AMD64 > suffering the same problem: when copying large files over network the > system suddenly freezes and is only rebootable via power-off button. > > I can reproduce this bug pretty constantly when running pptp but was not > able to reproduce it without pptp yet, so I'm assuming it's a problem > with pptp-linux or one of the relevant kernel drivers. > > I've no idea what the problem is but I noticed that my syslog always > gets spammed with the following lines just before the freeze: > > pptp[4072]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]: buffering packet 484619 > (expecting 484489, lost or reordered) > pptp[4072]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]: buffering packet 484620 > (expecting 484618, lost or reordered) > pptp[4072]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]: buffering packet 484621 > (expecting 484618, lost or reordered) > pptp[4072]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]: buffering packet 484622 > (expecting 484618, lost or reordered) > pptp[4072]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]: buffering packet 484623 > (expecting 484618, lost or reordered) > pptp[4082]: anon log[logecho:pptp_ctrl.c:676]: Echo Reply received. > > > Someone pointed me to #416404 which is an open, grave bug against pptpd > in etch, which sounded very similar but it's filled against pptpd > (server) which is not even installed on those systems but pptp-linux > (client). > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=416404 > > There is a chance that those bugs are somehow related though since the > syslog seems to tell me that there is something wrong with the package > ordering just before the freeze. > > > Cheers, > > Bastian > > > --- System information. --- > Architecture: amd64 > Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-amd64 > > Debian Release: 4.0 > 500 stable security.debian.org > 500 stable ftp.de.debian.org > 1 stable www.debian-multimedia.org > > --- Package information. --- > Depends (Version) | Installed > =========================-+-============= > libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1) | 2.3.6.ds1-13 > ppp (>= 2.4.2) | 2.4.4rel-8 > > -- > Bastian Venthur http://venthur.de > Debian Developer venthur at debian org > > > From: Bastian Venthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: closing until I'm sure it's a pptp bug > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 > (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on rietz.debian.org > X-Spam-Level: > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROMDEVELOPER > autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 > > Hi, > > I've talked to the developers of the e1000 driver and it seems they're > aware of this problem. For them it seems to be a hardware issue, > although I still not managed to reproduce this bug *without* pptp. > > I'm closing this bug now. > > Sorry for filing a grave bug against your package and many thanks for > your help to get more infos about it. > > > Cheers, > > Bastian > > > -- > Bastian Venthur http://venthur.de > Debian Developer venthur at debian org > -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | http://opalsys.net/ +46 (0)70-332 1551 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]