Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:05:11 -0700 From: David Ehrmann <ehrmann@gmail.com> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Cc: pyunyh@gmail.com, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange issue with Samba on 8.0rc1 Message-ID: <6e0e5340910251505r15614b7bqb9d42c0055d8f940@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9bbcef730910251440y30c05f45w149a3e4ab06849df@mail.gmail.com> References: <4ADF70F1.5060300@gmail.com> <hbpaqv$3n4$1@ger.gmane.org> <4AE0DCDF.7090604@gmail.com> <20091023183708.GA6050@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <6e0e5340910231237v3f19b27ex1cbefd3f9a01af54@mail.gmail.com> <20091023194755.GC6050@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <20091023202604.GD6050@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <6e0e5340910231531n737ac71ds11a07117c3f7667e@mail.gmail.com> <6e0e5340910251429n7b95143emb9a97b29d329ab1c@mail.gmail.com> <9bbcef730910251440y30c05f45w149a3e4ab06849df@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Sorry, but I can only give you generic ideas: > - It is unlikely that the storage media (flash) with FreeBSD has > errors in such a way that would cause this subtle error > I agree about the flash. I would expect it to fail in blocks, and if it were out of spare blocks, almost everything would be acting strange. I can probably test for this by comparing files in /usr/obj and /usr. - Can you try a "known good" FreeBSD 8 configuration? I.e. from a Live > CD or USB media? The "live" edition has csup and everything else you > could need. > That's a good idea, and the next thing I'll try. - Can you try a simple cheap "known good" NIC? I see that retail > Realtek-based PCI NICs sell for less than $10. > I'd have to choose between PCI-E and USB, and the PCI-E is tricky because the case doesn't have a cutout for it. I did try the vr0 interface, too (but not exclusively; I left the vge interface up), and it had the same problems. Since these things are usually wired directly to the Southbridge, a problem in the Southbridge driver would show up with any PCI(E) device.
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