From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans de Bruin Subject: root on nfs or other troubles Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:53:04 +0100 Message-ID: <49CAA7C0.3040109@xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Sender: kernel-testers-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: kernel-testers-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org The setup I have here at home consists of a nfs server, and two disk less clients. Every day the nfs server creates a fresh kernel for the clients. One of the clients has been inactive for a while (about half a year) and is now annoyingly unstable. Either the hardware or the kernel or something else has degraded. The client seams to hang on a nfs action. The mouse keeps moving when in X, and some screen objects respond to mouse movement. When in terminal mode (I don't trust the openchrome x driver) key strokes end up on the terminal. Pinging the client from another machine ends in timeouts. I have pinged the client for an hour or two. no problem. Ran several ping -A's as root, no problem. Ran a normal ping and a 'find / -name bhjfihreibu -print' and within minutes the ping died. I could try an older kernel, say about half a year ago, but things have changed in haf a year like the kernel verion of the nfs server, nfs parmeters and kernel .config file. The second client (different hardware) is as stable as a rock. Al the kernel options under kernel hacking in make menuconfig are off. Is there any that I would want to turn on? -- Hans