Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-amd64 (302 mails)

[fabrice piccini <fpiccini@xxxxxxxxx>]

Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 09:14:36PM +0100, fabrice piccini wrote:
> > Here are the symptoms:
> > - the system totally hangs when the vsftpd server (started thru xinetd) 
> > is called from the outside (32 bits suse9.2 boxes); reset is the only 
> > solution...
> > - Nothing in /var/log/messages and no crash dump anywhere on disk
> > - I've removed vsftpd and installed pure-ftpd instead -> This time, ftp 
> > transfers are ok (no more freeze)
> > - Started nfs server on the box and created a share; when I try to mount 
> > the nfs share from a remote 32 bits box (asus A7n8x with marvell 
> > gigabit chip), the 64 bits system is again totally frozen !
> >
> > Except that, the system is running like a race car (no network problem 
> > when I initiate network from the box - internet browsing is perfect)!
> >
> > Any suggestion, experience, clue, tip, etc... is welcome, 'cause I'm stuck !
>
> Sounds like a problem with sendfile() in the network card 
> (that is used by vsftpd and samba, but not proftpd) 
>
> I would plug in a different network card and see if that works stable.
>
> -Andi
well Andi,
-disabled the onboard nic (marvell/yukon gigabit)
-plugged a dlink dge550t gigabit (dl2k driver) nic

-> nfs is running ok now...
still have to test with vsftpd, but it seems you were right...
gonna test it a bit harder later...

anyway, thanks a lot
fabrice