Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 12:50:27 -0800 (PST) From: John Utz <spaz@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: sad stories on 2.2-BETA ppp install Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.970116123019.7705C-100000@becker2.u.washington.edu>
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Hi gang; Two Problems: 1. Ongoing since 2.1.x install: I occasionally get a failure to label properly due to an error message about not being able to allocate my /foo request because "maybe the partition is too big?". I usually do my allocations in the "M" mode, and the amount listed that is remaining is sufficient to service my request. I suspect the bug is a boundary condition problem because i can get around it by allocating ONE BYTE LESS then the amount listed in bytes ( as opposed to meg ). Seems to me that the math to calculate Megs is in need of a floor() or ceiling() call somwhere, but this is a WAG. 2. PPP install, 2 problems, 1 ongoing, 1 showstopper introduced in the 2.2-BETA install. The ongoing one is that if the ppp connection is wrong and the install cant contact ftp.freebsd.org or whatever, and the user tries to redo the connection and change something either in the device or host info, it will exit with a "sig(something, 11?), stopping myself". This sucks, because u gotta do all the setup stuff over again. showstopper is that ppp in 2.2-BETA DOES NOT COMPLETE THE NETWORK CONNECTION. It dials, it exits term mode and goes into command mode when the modem server sends back pppsignals, but it never passes out of aquisition. cs21>> ppp ppp ON mira> ppp ON mira> ( it should say PPP ON mira by now! ) thus, the install fails and fails, 2.1.6 works like a champ, so this is a 2.2 problem. I find it somewhat startling that i have not read anything about this previously, an i the only person on this list that is doing BETAS and ppp installs, is this a problem only on my box? That would be hard to believe, given that every thing else works.... ******************************************************************************* John Utz spaz@u.washington.edu idiocy is the impulse function in the convolution of life
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