Re: And another Oops / BUG? (2.6.17.7 on VIA Epia CL6000)

Udo van den Heuvel
2006-08-15T10:02:10Z

David Miller wrote:
> From: Udo van den Heuvel <udovdh@xs4all.nl>
>
>> pptpd is needed for my adsl connection.
>> pppd runs over it.
>> it is not part of the kernel.
>
> Oh yes it does, the pptp source file was mentioned by the kernel OOPS
> message. How did it get there if it's not part of the kernel? :)

It IS not part of the kernel. See the log. I left it there since it
shows some of the issues the Oops causes.
*Everytime* named is involved.
It eats entropy.
It upsets upsd and pptpd.
It happens since 2.6.17.*.

Kind regards,
Udo