Re: ppp stalls on computer activity
i've got the same problem on my desktop computer, external 56k modem via
serial link. i'm suspecting harware problem, like irq conflict or
anything like that.
when i'm playing a 3d game, irc connexions break down, and reconnect
when i quit the game.
ben
Message de WMFender-Westwind, le vendredi 26 septembre :
> Hi all
>
> I have a Sony laptop PCG-FXA32 running Debian SID, kernel 2.4.20 (hand-rolled)
> with an odd problem. I have an external hardware modem (Motorola modemsurfr)
> on ttyS0. Every time there is heavy load on the machine, e.g. opening a
> program or when cron runs, downloading wll stop completely. As soon as the
> activity gets back to normal, downloading will resume. Any ideas? Other
> debian machines I have now and in the past have not done that. My /etc/ppp/
> options is default, and my connection was set up by pppconfig. I am pasting
> in the .config for my kernel below. I have had several different kernel
> configurations on this machine, but did not save the configuration files.
> They all showed the same problem, so maybe this is a hardware issue?
>
> Thanks
> Michael Westwind
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