From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Mar 20 14:44:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA03171 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 20 Mar 1997 14:44:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay-7.mail.demon.net (relay-7.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.9]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA03166 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 1997 14:44:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk ([158.152.17.1]) by relay-5.mail.demon.net id aa0502280; 20 Mar 97 21:22 GMT Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (localhost.lan.awfulhak.org [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA20824; Thu, 20 Mar 1997 21:03:15 GMT Message-Id: <199703202103.VAA20824@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.9 8/22/96 To: faried nawaz cc: Jason Fesler , hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tun0/user ppp lockups? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 20 Mar 1997 08:23:55 PST." <19970320082355.57030@kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 21:03:15 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Does a manual SIGSEGV kill it ? If so, can you tell me what the stack trace looks like ? Also, is this on a direct connection (null-modem) or through a modem ? > Jason Fesler says in : > > > Here's a strange one: After 1-3 days of being up, all traffic across > > tun0 dies. I can still use the ethernet; I can not however reset the > > PPP connection, nor can I telnet to the PPP port at 3000, or talk to the > > outside world. > > > > Anyone know of any problems with user ppp or with tun0? User PPP worked > > too easily other than this lockup problem, to want to try kernel PPP ;-) > > on 2.2-gamma dated ~ feb 27, i see this problem every day, perhaps 1-2 > times. it's very annoying. ppp stops responding and starts chewing cpu. > i end up killing ppp (w/ -9), doing ifconfig tun0 delete, route delete > default, and dialing in again. > > my main reason for using ppp is the packet aliasing -- i need that. > > blah, > > faried. > -- > faried nawaz WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY BACKSPACE IS DELETE > box 3582, moscow, id 83843-1914, usa linux, the ms-dos of the nineties > PIGLET loves you if at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you > not a system janitor. People's Front Against WWW -- Brian , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....