From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 20:47:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 20:46:53 -0500 Received: from granger.mail.mindspring.net ([207.69.200.148]:20016 "EHLO granger.mail.mindspring.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 20:46:39 -0500 Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 19:46:36 -0600 From: Matthew Fredrickson To: Adrian Bridgett , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel PPP/Modem connection problems starting somewhere between 2.2.14(maybe 15) and 2.2.18 Message-ID: <20010131194636.A25294@frednet.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20010124173038.A23669@frednet.dyndns.org> <20010128194828.A13179@wyvern> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010128194828.A13179@wyvern>; from adrian.bridgett@iname.com on Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 07:48:29PM +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 07:48:29PM +0000, Adrian Bridgett wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 17:30:38 -0600 (+0000), 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 matt@NOSPAMfredricknet.net 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 majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/