Lockup in 2.4.5-ac2

Lockup in 2.4.5-ac2

[Glenn Shannon]

Hi all!

Enjoying the -ac2 kernel except for one minor thing: it locks up.

Problem occurs whenever large amounts of data are transferred across the 
network. This includes web pages, iso cd images, and compressed files.

I can transfer large amounts of data from the internet and to the internet 
however.

It is a hardlock, I cannot even get the SysRq key to help me out.

System specs:

P-III 550
256MB RAM (1 DIMM)
Abit SH6 (i815 based) Motherboard
Using onboard Video/Audio
Kernel 2.4.5-ac2
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2rev3
Realtek 8139B (see attached dmesg.output file)
10BaseT Network with 128K Satellite link to outside world

Tried protocols:
Samba
FTP
HTTP
NFS

If you need any more info let me know.

Thanks!

Glenn Shannon
Systems Administrator
Gibbons Enterprises Corporation, Palau
glenn@gecpalau.com

Re: Lockup in 2.4.5-ac2

[Alan Cox]

> Enjoying the -ac2 kernel except for one minor thing: it locks up.

rtl8139

> Realtek 8139B (see attached dmesg.output file)
> 10BaseT Network with 128K Satellite link to outside world

Yep.

Upgrade to a newer -ac and the lockups should stop

Re: Lockup in 2.4.5-ac2

[Martin Josefsson]

On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Glenn Shannon wrote:

> Hi all!
> 
> Enjoying the -ac2 kernel except for one minor thing: it locks up.

As I see below you have a Realtek 8139B...
The 8139too driver in 2.4.3-something to 2.4.5-ac2 is broken. It will hang
your machine. so upgrade to 2.4.5-ac3 or above (2.4.5-ac9 is the latest
right now)

/Martin



> Problem occurs whenever large amounts of data are transferred across the 
> network. This includes web pages, iso cd images, and compressed files.
> 
> I can transfer large amounts of data from the internet and to the internet 
> however.
> 
> It is a hardlock, I cannot even get the SysRq key to help me out.
> 
> System specs:
> 
> P-III 550
> 256MB RAM (1 DIMM)
> Abit SH6 (i815 based) Motherboard
> Using onboard Video/Audio
> Kernel 2.4.5-ac2
> Debian GNU/Linux 2.2rev3
> Realtek 8139B (see attached dmesg.output file)
> 10BaseT Network with 128K Satellite link to outside world
> 
> Tried protocols:
> Samba
> FTP
> HTTP
> NFS
> 
> If you need any more info let me know.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Glenn Shannon
> Systems Administrator
> Gibbons Enterprises Corporation, Palau
> glenn@gecpalau.com
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