Bug 61969

Summary: System hangs when ppp is started
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Public Beta Reporter: Bernd <bernd.oeggl>
Component: kernelAssignee: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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OS: Linux   
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Description Bernd 2002-03-26 13:08:13 UTC 
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Description of problem:
When starting a ppp connection (wvdial, kppp, rp3) everything is OK until the
moment, linux actually starts the ppp daemon: I get the message of the loaded
BSD compression module and after that: 'unable to handle kernel paging...' you
can't read it really, because it scrolls like mad over the screen and the system
is locked.  tried different ISPs

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. plug a serial modem (elsa microlink) to my vaio notebook
2. start any ppp connection

	

Actual Results:  system is locked, sometimes reboots immediately

Expected Results:  have a nice ppp interface up

Additional info:

can't copy output because the sytem is locked.
/var/log/messages says nothing about it (login to ISP works fine, password is
accepted, BSD compression module is loaded (sometimes!))
HW: serial modem on ttyS0/vaio notebook (FX301)
Comment 1 Bernd 2002-03-26 22:09:22 UTC 
I just compiled a new kernel (vanilla 2.4.18) and ppp works fine
Comment 2 Arjan van de Ven 2002-04-05 14:55:06 UTC 
ought to work now in 2.4.18-0.13; is in rawhide...
Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2002-04-12 02:26:14 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 61944 ***