From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 12 13:05:17 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA06007 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 13:05:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA05994 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 13:05:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA25022; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 20:56:48 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id TAA55139; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 19:05:43 GMT (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199902121905.TAA55139@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Long, Christopher" cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: PPP Dumps Core In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 12 Feb 1999 10:22:14 EST." <8948DD9B2EDCD111B49500805FA78373126BE0@1upmc-msx2.isdbu.upmc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 19:05:43 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG There's some stuff in the FAQ about getting more info from the core file. Assuming the latest version of ppp from http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html doesn't make things better, If you can send me a trace and the value of any relevant variables it'd me much appreciated. The FAQs at http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/userppp.html. > Good Morning, > > I am running Freebsd3.0-stable, using my box for ip aliasing through ppp. > > In my /etc/rc.local, it loads with ppp -ddial -alais xxx > > This problem developed yesterday. ppp would dial the ISP, connect for > approximately 20 seconds, and then dump core. When I restarted ppp > manually, it would not function correctly. I tried running through the core > file, but couldn't come up with anything conclusive. > > This box has been functioning perfectly for almost 6 months. Nothing on it > was changed, and there were no power spikes/etc. I thought it was very > strange that it just decided to stop working. Any ideas? > > --Chris -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message