From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Ira K. Weiny" Message-Id: <199908130629.XAA20290@kdat.csc.calpoly.edu> Subject: pppd and netscape crashes To: linuxppc-user@lists.linuxppc.org (linuxppc), linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org (linuxdev) Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 23:29:04 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Ok more on this subject... This is long so please forgive me. BTW I am sending this to linuxppc-dev because Paul asked me what was wrong with ppp. Thanks for being patient. (I don't want to offend anyone here but I don't know where to begin on this.) Ok as some of you know the pppd and kernel crash for some of us whenever we are logged on. From others comments this mainly happens when running Netscape but for me it happend when I was running rlogin. My first question is am I running pppd right? I have just run an expierment and it appears that ppp will work the first time I run it and fail the second? So here are the scripts I am running. ppp-izap: #!/bin/sh /usr/sbin/pppd nobsdcomp nodeflate connect '/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /home/root/System/ppp/izap.cua1' defaultroute 115200 /dev/ttyS0 & /home/root/System/ppp/izap.cua1: ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' '' '\n\n' '' AT OK ATDT5800155 CONNECT '' login: 5037iweiny ssword: ppp-stop: (using this to quit ppp) #!/bin/sh if [ -s /var/run/ppp0.pid ] then echo "Stopping pppd" kill `cat /var/run/ppp0.pid` fi echo "Hanging up Modem" /usr/sbin/chat "" "\p+\p+\p+\c" '' "\d\dATH0" > /dev/ttyS0 /usr/sbin/chat "" "\p+\p+\p+\c" '' "\d\dATH0" > /dev/ttyS0 After running ppp-izap, ppp-stop, and then ppp-izap again. I run netscape and I can almost ALWAYS crash it by going... (In my expierment I did this 2 time in a row and both times the next thing the system did was give me the OF prompt!) www.linuxppc.org -> Frequently Asked Questions -> Interactive FAQ At this point the watch cursor freezes. NO movement whatsoever... I have tried to log into the box over the eth0 but it does not respond. After a minute or so... (I went and washed dishes.) The computer rebooted itself and I was back at the OF prompt. I have syslogd logging all messages and there is nothing there past. Aug 12 22:37:00 batcave2 kernel: registered device ppp0 And one final note, on bootup kernel reports this. Aug 12 22:51:13 batcave2 kernel: klogd 1.3-3, log source = /proc/kmsg started. Aug 12 22:51:13 batcave2 kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.2.6-15apmac Aug 12 22:51:15 batcave2 kernel: Loaded 16761 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.2.6-15apmac. Aug 12 22:51:15 batcave2 kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.2.6. Aug 12 22:51:15 batcave2 kernel: No module symbols loaded. Am I intrepreting this correctly to say that the System.map is ok and the log file should report anything the kernel has to say? Indeed I am running vmlinux-2.2.6-15apmac just as it was installed by the installer. A PowerMac 8500 604 120Mhz 176MB ram Diamond Supra Express Modem... (I know this does not make a difference.) Any ideas? Thanks Ira Weiny iweiny@acm.org [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. Please check http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ]] [[ and http://www.linuxppc.org/ for useful information before posting. ]]