Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 13:47:10 +0200 (CEST) From: Marc Schneiders <marc@oldserver.demon.nl> To: Joao Pagaime <jpsp@rccn.net> Cc: "TFC WLAN 97/98 - IST - ext.2269 (8418269)" <wlan@feldspato.ist.utl.pt>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MTR and freeBSD 3.2 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909271345490.31784-100000@mistress.oldserver.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909271035060.94753-100000@atlas.rccn.net>
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On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Joao Pagaime wrote: > > Thanks for the tips > > I did try to "static int BSDfix = 1 ;", however > mtr-0.41 core dumps and mtr-0.32 hangs... > > The strange thing is that it only fails some times... > It is as if there's something on the stacks (TCP/IP) state that > leads to the problem, under certain conditions. > > On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Marc Schneiders wrote: > > > On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, TFC WLAN 97/98 - IST - ext.2269 (8418269) wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > MTR sometimes fails with a nice message like > > > "You've got a broken (FreeBSD?) system". > > > > > > Is there a solution? > > > > > > We have MTR v0.37 and FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE > > > > > There are two solutions, on current anyway (i don't have 3.2 to test). > > > > 1. install from ports (which has a patch which does 2:) > > 2. compile with disabling this error message: change BSDfix to 1 in net.c > > > > I've been in touch with the maintainer of mtr about this. It has something > > to do with wrong field lengths. He told me to complain to the FreeBSD > > team, so I forwarded his message to this list. > > I have neither the talents nor the inclination to find out what this is > > exactly about and who is right or wrong :-) > > > > Hope one of the above (I woudl suggest ports) works for you. > > > > Succes! > > > > Marc There a re no problems with 0.39, which is in the ports (current) and current, at least not here. -- Marc Schneiders marc@venster.nl marc@oldserver.demon.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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