Description of Problem: Kernel freeze when using ethereal. How Reproducible: I didn't try. (Sorry, I can't risk losing data on this machine). Additional Information: I experienced my first total kernel freeze after 3 years of using Linux. While running the latest ethereal, 0.8.18, compiled against the Red Hat supplied libpcap and ucd-snmp, the machine froze. No Ctrl+Alt+Delete, neither Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, neither Ctrl+Alt+F1, no network access. I'm running the Red Hat supplied 2.4.2. I'm using a 3c509 NIC on an Asus P2B mainboard (Pentium II, 350 MHz). I didn't find anything in the logs. No special modules loaded either: (/sbin/lsmod output) nls_iso8859-1, sr_mod, autofs, 3c509, ipchains, ide-scsi, scsi_mod, ide-cd, cdrom, usb-uhci, usbcore. I lost all files I was editing, and some files like ~/.viminfo gave input-output errors when trying to access them. A second fsck took care of this. I can supply the ethereal-rpms I build and installed, if it is necessary.
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