Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 02:40:45 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Christian Fortin <cfortin@ec.camitel.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bug in 2.2.5 beta (NIS+PPP) Message-ID: <199710150140.CAA07733@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 14 Oct 1997 12:06:11 EDT." <XFMail.971014134913.cfortin@ec.camitel.com>
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[.....] > In the same time we have notice an other PPP problem.... > Problem with CD line of the PPP driver. > Brian@freebsd.org have make a good job on this problem. > The Cyclade work fine with TUN and PPPD. That's now fixed. You can get the latest ppp from http://www.freebsd.org/~brian > But for finish, this is a very bigger problem. > The PPP hangup at random. > > Here we use 2.X.X from long time. And we have this hangup problem from long time > also, but we alway say that we use a bugy Cyclade driver. with a bad CD operati > on.... Brian have recently fixe the problem. > > But we have upgrade the other net last month. > From 1.1.5 to 2.2.2+comit before 2.2.5 alpha. + place the Brian stuff. > > Just the day after the upgrade, our customer have start to complain about hangup > that ocure at random (5 min.. 6 houres....) at any time. > some time the random hangup at very short time, other time it's more long... > And the problem occure on cy0 and sio devices. And we have this problem here fro > m the 2.X.X on our net from one year ago in superposition of the CD problem. > That's why we have not upgrade the other net one year ago, in the same time of o > ur net. > > I am not sur about my theory, but I suspect a deep problem in the kernel of the > 2.X.X. > The last variable that I must isolat is the FreeBSD 2.X.X. > > I try to replace the FBSD to a Linux Box. Just to be sure that the problem is no > t hardware. (line, modem, serial card, ram, CPU...) I will give to you more > feedback when my tests are done. > > PS: if I check all the log, all the brodcast message.... every thing seem to > happen correctly. But at the customer side of the modem, > it's not an intentionnal customer hangup. I think the PPP received a SIG for han > gup the line. But this SIG not come from DTR. > > (excuse me for my bad english... usualy I speak french!) I'd suggest getting the latest ppp (url is above). If your problems don't disappear, check out the FAQ on http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ.html - section 10.7. Drop me a line with the relevent logs and we should be able to figure out what's going awry.... > ---------------------------------- > E-Mail: Christian Fortin <cfortin@ec.camitel.com> > Date: 14-Oct-97 > Heure: 12:06:11 > ##############################################--------+ > Electro-Conception tel:(418) 872-6641 | > 3665 Croisset fax:(418) 872-9198 | > Quebec,P.Q. www.ec.camitel.com/ec | > G1P-1L4 | /--|<|--WM--|(--J > Canada -----------------L---WM-----< > \----1 > --- > - -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <bri@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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