Re: More mysterious crashes

Dan Hollis (goemon@sasami.anime.net)
Mon, 16 Feb 1998 16:37:44 -0800 (PST)

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On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, Radovan Brako wrote:
> Synopsis: We have been seeing "mysterious" crashes of Linux boxes
> on a flat local Ethernet, during working hours only. We think they
> are related to bursts of activity from W95 boxes, and occur on
> machines with NE2000 clone NIC only. This may or may not be related
> to other "mysterious crashes" reported here recently. I suspect
> that bursts of UDP broadcasts to port 138 from W95 machines are
> causing it. Solutions seem to include changing to other net cards
> (SMC), or bridging. Any opinions ?

The next time a machine 'locks up', press right-alt + scroll-lock a bunch
of times and write down the different EIP values you get. Then report back
to the list. We should be able to determine if the kernel is stuck in a
loop or not.

-Dan

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