On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 14:16 +0200, Marcos García Ochoa wrote: > Subject: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Computer freeze on network traffic > Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.32-20 Severity: important > > *** Please type your report below this line *** > > On my Targa Traveller 826 WS, any kernel from 2.6.26 on will freeze > sooner or later (usually in less than two minutes if transfers achieve > over 50KB/s) when network traffic is allowed. > > Typical system failures happen before half a minute has passed after > obtaining IP address through DHCP, and many times _during_ DHCP > negotiation. > > It doesn't seem to be a NIC related problem as it fails when using the > integrated 8139 or a PCMCIA FA410TX card. I haven't tested wifi cards, > though. > > If the IP is configured by hand, the system stays alive a bit longer, > but it will quickly die if high speed transfers (over 50-60KB/s in this > case) are started (typically, apt-get update or apt-get upgrade will > bring the system down). > > AFAICS, it's such a total freeze I need to cold-boot the computer to > keep working. I'm making do currently with a custom 2.6.28.10 kernel > (latest version that allows me not to use the "tickless" option, IIRC).
This sounds like a hardware problem, not a kernel bug. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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