Re: lockup on networkactivity

["Janko Knops" <polthemol@home.nl>]

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From: "Charles Stevenson" <core@bokeoa.com>
To: "Janko Knops" <polthemol@home.nl>
Cc: <debian-mips@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 12:05 AM
Subject: Re: lockup on networkactivity


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> Dear Janko,
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> On Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 10:56:16PM +0100, Janko Knops wrote:
> > My qube2 totally locks up on any network activity (as soon as i try to 
> > download something from it, using either vsftpd, proftpd, samba, 
> > wuftpd,...).
> >
> > Hope anyone knows the source of this problem
>
> I read somewhere that it had to do with using the serial port and the
> network at the same time. I do not have a null modem cable and as of yet
> haven't ever had any trouble. My suggestion would be to disconnect the
> serial port and try all of your operations logged in via the ethernet
> and see if it goes away.
>
> peace,
> core
I've never used the serial only for installing (ssh is way more handy and 
the cable isn't very long).
But I'm now trying if the problem would be solved by a newer kernel (2.6.8).

Thanks for the request though, and I'll post my progress or failure (I would 
go for the last )

Cheers

Janko