Re: IRQ5 and PPP network activity
> > I had also mentioned getting "unexpected IRQ" messages.
> > These are not as benign as I had imagined.
> > The IRQ 3s on booting don't seem to hurt anything
>
> That's been my experience too. A dozen or so IRQ 3's in rapid succession
> early in the boot process, and then I never see them again. Harmless, I
> think.
Should be 10 messages; the logging stops there but the interrupts
probabaly keep coming.
> > however, once I had PPP up and running I was getting IRQ 5s. After a
> > few of those My Mac would reboot, with the bootup chord & no warning.
> > This happened both during FTP & using Lynx (I don't have X up yet).
> > I using a 2.0.33 kernel dated 12/8/98. Any suggested alternative?
>
> This has been the real killer for me as well, although I'm not sure
> whether the couple IRQ 5's I get now and then are the problem or merely
> coincidental. IRQ 5 is definitely related to network activity though, as
> they don't start til I open a PPP connection and cease when I close it.
So they seem to coincide with serial activity?
Michael
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