Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 14:31:05 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Lucas Holt <luke@foolishgames.com> Cc: Jim Durham <durham@jcdurham.com> Subject: Re: Sudden Reboots Message-ID: <20041004213104.GA564@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <0B6E1D1F-1646-11D9-BFC0-000A95EFF4CA@foolishgames.com> References: <20041004130415.G1034-100000@mxb.saturn-tech.com> <200410041604.00507.durham@jcdurham.com> <0B6E1D1F-1646-11D9-BFC0-000A95EFF4CA@foolishgames.com>
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--x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 04:43:27PM -0400, Lucas Holt wrote: > I had a problem like this only it was a weekly occurrence. I tracked=20 > it down to the network card driver. After swapping out the network=20 > card with a different brand/chipset, the problem was resolved. In my=20 > case, i had entries in the log related to an overflowed buffer. Packet= =20 > sizes were very large and like clockwork based on traffic patterns the=20 > machine rebooted weekly. This happened to me on 5.21 release. >=20 > i never got around to looking at the driver code as I talked my=20 > employer into buying a 3com card :) Or it could be a broken card. Hardware does strange things when it breaks, you know ;-) Kris --x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBYcEYWry0BWjoQKURAqMVAJ9O3e9JD8Est4XF6mUW5Bd9q7iSOwCfRGgj BqHKpXchJIbd7jsSfWxjKEs= =NI1T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn--
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