From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Aug 28 17:25:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA29095 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 28 Aug 1997 17:25:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA29044 for ; Thu, 28 Aug 1997 17:25:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA03561; Fri, 29 Aug 1997 00:54:56 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <199708282354.AAA03561@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Kyle Mestery cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sig 12's with user PPP In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 28 Aug 1997 09:59:35 CDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 00:54:56 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Hi all. I am running 3.0 from this weekend and a kernel from Tuesday, but > this problem has been affecting me off and on since June. The problem is > that I get Sig 12's with user PPP some of the time. It seems to happen > like this. I start user PPP, login to my ISP for the first time, log off, > no sig12. Then, right away afterwards, I login again, and if I log off > within 2-3 minutes, right after disconnecting I get a sig12. Also, the > second time I log in if I dont wait at least 5 minutes, my routing table > is all screwed up and I have to logout before anything works. Like I > said, this has been happening since about June. I am runnign the SMP > kernel, and tonite I am going to try a UP kernel to see if this occurs. > The problem with the routing table should be independant of which kernel I > run though, right? Also, is there any way (besides a remote serial > console) I can get to the debugger from X? And, is there any way other > than copying by hand the trace output to save a trace output? thanks! Sounds *really* like an installation thing. Can you remove the UID bit on ppp and run it as root. You should get a core with the sig 12 - it would be interesting to know what the syscall problem is. The routing table thing also sounds like something's out of step. Perhaps a "make world" followed by a kernel install then a reboot is in order ? What sort of "screwing up" does your routing table experience ? > Kyle Mestery > StorageTek's Network Systems Group > 7600 Boone Ave. N., Brooklyn Park, MN 55428 > mesteka@anubis.network.com, mestery@winternet.com > -- Brian , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....