I think this may have introduced a regression. While using aMule on my
amd64 Jaunty desktop, there is a point at which the screen freezes and X
stops responding to input (the mouse pointer moves, but it does not
interact with anything). Ctrl-Shift-F1-6 won't drop me to a TTY. I
believe the hang affects X exclusively, since the system continues
logging and SysRq keys work fine.

All four times that this has happened I get this line repeatedly in
/var/log/messages:

May 18 22:34:27 tinymme kernel: [ 9389.660132] possible SYN flooding on
port 34443. Sending cookies.

at a rate of one per minute. These messages start at the same time as X
hangs. Port 34443 is the TCP port I configured for use by aMule.

Two issues here:
 - SYN flood protection may be being mis-triggered by legitimate network load
 - the protection itself seems to be causing a problem with X (directly or 
indirectly)

I wouldn't think this is an interaction between the kernel and X if it
weren't for the fact that I've had multiple instances of the problem
with the same log entries, but I may as well be missing something (even
though other log files are clean). Should I open a new bug report with
this?

-- 
proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies=1 should be seriously considered to permit SYN 
flood defense...
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/57091
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