I deactivate netfilter, the problems continue. I believe that the best alternative is to change the kernel. The latest version it is 2.4.17 and again I will prove everything. Does Richard Ems suggest 2.2.20, is it stable? As I can know with which options SuSE compiles the kernels? Thanks to all for the help, now I bother in a time to comment again like it was everything. Ernesto
-----Mensaje original----- De: Michael Appeldorn [mailto:appeldorn@codixx.de] Enviado el: miércoles 20 de febrero de 2002 11:27 Para: 'Suse Security'; Grupo Dignitas Asunto: Re: RE: [suse-security] Ftp & more problems
Hi,
me suggested, to completly disable netfilter to determine if it involved, not to use just another configuration :O)_
I agree with the point, that somewhere in the memory-managment in conjunction with heavy network load the 2.4. seems to have probs.
Me 's running a samba-site and sometimes, without any suitable reason it's hanging. The log shows U killed smbd cauzed by out of memory.
Same as your example. So try another kernel. Just latest 2.2.x as suggested or >=2.4.15 as discussed here and somewhere else 4 stability reason.
And give us a feedback, even when it works.
Well friends: I will try to explain the steps that I made (incorporating the three ideas that arose, those of Michael Appeldorn, Mark Dalley and Boris Lorenz). There is not any file in the clients called ADVERT.DLL. I have proven using a client ftp free called CoffeCup (I believe that is your name, I don't remember well), with the same problem, Linux freezes; it doesn't care if I use passive or active mode. During the night it disables the firewall, and just leaves the masquerading options (using iptables and the example that it is in the header of the file firewall.rc.config); regrettably I obtained the same result, Linux continues freezing with petitions ftp. I admit that the option of using the kernel 2.2.20, disable pppoe/pppox and to install Roaring Penguin pppoe didn't prove it, since alone I can make it during the weekend; this company prefers to make it during the hours of less work (Saturdays and Sundays they also work). Now then, the boys of systems made two things while it was me out, they installed a memory monitor of the KDE and they entered to the system like a normal user, all the previous tests were made as root. And these two things happened: 1) the freezing percentages lowered until almost anything, with the exception of the ftp, that continues generating problems, 2) when linux freezes -for example, using a petition ftp - the memory monitor of the KDE goes diminishing the free memory until leaving it in 0 (zero), then linux freezes completely. Every time I am more confused, it should surely have several problems, I don't unite alone. And now I believe that the kernel 2.4.4 under certain conditions are unstable. I believe that it should no longer have a 'pacific solution' for this problem. I expect their help, and also understanding.