Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 14:50:30 GMT From: "Gonzalo Arana" <gonzalo.arana@gmail.com> To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/105204: net/mpd causes a kernel freeze Message-ID: <200611061450.kA6EoUGS039338@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/105204; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Gonzalo Arana" <gonzalo.arana@gmail.com> To: "Remko Lodder" <remko@elvandar.org> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386/105204: net/mpd causes a kernel freeze Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 11:43:36 -0300 On 11/6/06, Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org> wrote: > <quote who="Gonzalo A. Arana"> > > FreeBSD freebsd.arana 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun Nov 5 > > 09:13:36 ART 2006 root@freebsd.arana:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ARANA > > i386 > >>Description: > > when I open a pptp tunel with net/mpd, my machine freezes (numlock does > > not respond, for instance). I've compiled a new kernel without USB and > > SCSI/RAID controller support. > > ... <snip> ... > > > >>How-To-Repeat: > > run: > > when I type 'open' inside mpd shell, and after tunnel is UP, the > > machine freezes. > >>Fix: > > > Hello, > > Can you please contact the hackers (and/or the ports) mailinglist > before submitting a problem report. Although you detail a lot of > information (my appriciation for that!) it is good to run this through > a couple > of people on forehand to make sure this is a problem and not a local > misconfiguration or in this case a port problem. There might also be > people that experienced this as well and got it solved already... Thanks for your prompt reply & for the pointer. I am subscribing to freebsd-hackers ML. I'll forward this issue there. > Please have a look at > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers (change > hackers into ports to get the proper mailinglist for the ports people). > > I will close the PR till you either file a new one, and/or contact me > with the information you found after verifying this on the > mailinglists. > > This is not to make you angry or something, but to make sure we use the > resources the best we can and try to help you solve the problem much > quicker. I am happy to help in anyway I can. But my gut feeling tells me that someone will end up reopening this again here sooner or later: a PC should not freeze for a user mode tool misconfiguration, am I right? I'll just forward this issue to the hackers ML. > Thanks! > > > -- > Kind regards, > > Remko Lodder ** remko@elvandar.org > FreeBSD ** remko@FreeBSD.org Thanks to you, -- Gonzalo A. Arana
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