From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 10 21:16:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F26BB37B575 for ; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 21:15:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net (sccrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.202.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4A4044296 for ; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 16:12:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from apeiron@comcast.net) Received: from [192.168.0.5] (pcp02833519pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net[68.80.216.187](untrusted sender)) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with SMTP id <2003081023122101600grg5de>; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 23:12:21 +0000 From: Christopher Nehren To: current@freebsd.org Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-7MVWKH2AJ0lqXf3q30++" Message-Id: <1060557141.755.29.camel@prophecy.velum> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 10 Aug 2003 19:12:22 -0400 Subject: PLIP transmit timeouts -- any solutions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 04:16:06 -0000 --=-7MVWKH2AJ0lqXf3q30++ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I currently have a PLIP link to an old laptop running Linux (I tried to install FreeBSD, but it freezes at the USB detection -- yes, I tried disabling USB in device.hints, and yes, I've tried a 4.8 installation, but the bootloader says that the kernel.gz is in an 'invalid format') without an ethernet NIC. I've set up the routes, and I'm using PF to do the NAT on my "external" (I'm running my network behind an OpenBSD firewall running PF) interface. The machine can reach my internal network and the Internet just fine. There's just one completely reproducible problem: I receive "transmit timeout" errors when I try to transmit any useful amount of data, say about 600 kB between 3000 kB. The laptop's keyboard is slightly damaged, and the 'number pad' is part of the actual keyboard, taking over keys such as 'o' and real numbers as well, making a root login impossible, so I have to either move a keyboard around or reboot the machine to fix the connection. I've tried to transfer a new kernel tarball to the system in order to upgrade the system, but alas, that's given a transmit timeout as well. The laptop is currently set to use the ECP parallel port on IRQ 7, the same as the FreeBSD desktop. Both the FreeBSD and Linux kernels are custom-built; I'm running 5.1-R on the FreeBSD system and a 2.4.18 Linux kernel as is on the Debian woody mini-install ISO, installed from the .deb on said CD. I haven't checked to see whether that kernel is patched or not. I've grepped through the mailing lists, but because PLIP is part of the GENERIC kernel, and people like to post dmesg's and kernel configs to the mailing lists, I received over 5200 results. Going through groups.google.com and google.com itself are equally as dismal, though obversely so: groups.google.com gives four results, none of which in English, and google gives a couple of English results, from the old Linux PLIP implementation. If someone can effectively translate Polish or French, I'll be glad to read the groups.google.com posts. :) Thanks for reading my rants, and thanks in advance for any assistance offered in regard to this.=20 Best regards, Christopher Nehren=20 --=-7MVWKH2AJ0lqXf3q30++ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/NtFVUdqurN0fljsRAv8MAKDRn0XAIq/0L1ISTcgBS2Umw46p6gCfUHGq Eeyj1h7ZSrXQ3Q18wF8wEKo= =UYM3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-7MVWKH2AJ0lqXf3q30++--