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Package: pptp-linux
Version: 1.7.0-2
Severity: Grave
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Hi,
I have several machines (all T60s) at work running Debian/Etch/AMD64
suffering the same problem: when copying large files over network the
system suddenly freezes and is only rebootable via power-off button.
I can reproduce this bug pretty constantly when running pptp but was not
able to reproduce it without pptp yet, so I'm assuming it's a problem
with pptp-linux or one of the relevant kernel drivers.
I've no idea what the problem is but I noticed that my syslog always
gets spammed with the following lines just before the freeze:
pptp[4072]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]: buffering packet 484619
(expecting 484489, lost or reordered)
pptp[4072]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]: buffering packet 484620
(expecting 484618, lost or reordered)
pptp[4072]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]: buffering packet 484621
(expecting 484618, lost or reordered)
pptp[4072]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]: buffering packet 484622
(expecting 484618, lost or reordered)
pptp[4072]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]: buffering packet 484623
(expecting 484618, lost or reordered)
pptp[4082]: anon log[logecho:pptp_ctrl.c:676]: Echo Reply received.
Someone pointed me to #416404 which is an open, grave bug against pptpd
in etch, which sounded very similar but it's filled against pptpd
(server) which is not even installed on those systems but pptp-linux
(client).
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=416404
There is a chance that those bugs are somehow related though since the
syslog seems to tell me that there is something wrong with the package
ordering just before the freeze.
Cheers,
Bastian
--- System information. ---
Architecture: amd64
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-amd64
Debian Release: 4.0
500 stable security.debian.org
500 stable ftp.de.debian.org
1 stable www.debian-multimedia.org
--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
=========================-+-=============
libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1) | 2.3.6.ds1-13
ppp (>= 2.4.2) | 2.4.4rel-8
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Bastian Venthur http://venthur.de
Debian Developer venthur at debian org
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Hi,
I've talked to the developers of the e1000 driver and it seems they're
aware of this problem. For them it seems to be a hardware issue,
although I still not managed to reproduce this bug *without* pptp.
I'm closing this bug now.
Sorry for filing a grave bug against your package and many thanks for
your help to get more infos about it.
Cheers,
Bastian
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Bastian Venthur http://venthur.de
Debian Developer venthur at debian org
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