Re: Why Linux can crash when connected to internet?
Conrado Badenas wrote:
>
> My GNU/Linux Pentium machine with Debian Hamm (and some packages from
> Slink) crashes completely at random intervals (from 5 minutes to 1
> hour), and preferably in the morning. But only when I am connected to
> internet
> When I unplug the ethernet cable from the netcard I can be working for
> endless hours (which, on the other hand, is not quite healthy).
>
> I have been read something about a "teardrop" that can crash kernels
> below version 2.0.idontremember. Nevertheless I have kernel 2.0.35 and
> teardrop does not affect it. Nevertheless, do you know if there is a
> newer version of the teardrop procedure (I don' know whether it is a
> program or a bug in the kernel) that could crash my system ?
>
> If it is not a teardrop, then what could it be? What can I do to avoid
> crashes?
>
> BTW: It also crashes Win3.1, but I am not worried about it (anything can
> crash windows).
>
> BTW2: The crash consists on: "You are working or whatever, and then
> suddenly
> everything freezes: the xosview, the clock, and even the mouse cursor.
> The keyboard is also dead: Ctrl+Alt+Fn, Alt+Tab, Ctrl+Alt+`+', ... don't
> work. I have to reset the computer and cross fingers to be the last
> crash of the day" As you can see, it is very similar to a crash by the
> Intel Pentium F0 0F bug, but the kernel can workaround it.
>
> Any ideas? Any help?
>
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This may not have any bearing, but I've seen weird things when
power management is turned on and it shuts down the ethernet
card. If you've got power management turned on in your BIOS, you
might turn it off and see if it makes a difference.
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