Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:47:37 +0100 From: Armin Pirkovitsch <a.pirko@inode.at> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mpd sometimes hangs the whole system? Message-ID: <45D9D4A9.5080400@inode.at> In-Reply-To: <45D9D033.2020909@webmail.sub.ru> References: <45D9BADB.6010405@webmail.sub.ru> <45D9C174.2050802@thekeelecentre.com> <45D9C9B0.300@webmail.sub.ru> <45D9CDEA.6010106@thekeelecentre.com> <45D9D033.2020909@webmail.sub.ru>
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Alex Povolotsky wrote: > Richard Tector wrote: >> Alex Povolotsky wrote: >>> Richard Tector wrote: >>>> Alex Povolotsky wrote: >>>>> mpd (fresh) on FreeBSD 6.1p12 sometimes hangs system, totally, to >>>>> reset. Tried two completely different boxes, so it cannot be a >>>>> hardware problem. >>>>> >>>> Which version of mpd are you using? Have you tried the latest >>>> version from ports, 4.1? I've read it fixes a *lot* of problems >>>> found with the older versions. >>> >>> 3.18_5; Is mpd 4 100% backwards compartible? >> >> Yes, 4.x should work just fine with your 3.x configuration files. >> >>> And, what's worse, I've heard of exactly the same problem on 4.0. >>> Kernel _freeze_ should be something kernel-related, I fear. >> >> Quite possible. It involves putting the interfaces in promiscuous mode >> so could be due to a bug in your network card driver. What interfaces >> are you using? > > Proimisc?... hmm... fxp. Rock solid thing, as far as I can remember. Can > try em instead I have the same problem but use a sis nic - so I doubt it's the nic driver... (and if going to promiscuous mode was unstable on different drivers I guess some people would start to complain ;) ) (I have never encountered a crash when I started a sniffing program) -- Armin Pirkovitsch a.pirko@inode.at
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