From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20021003 Description of problem: using minicom in a terminal window, connected via usb-serial adapter connection to another linux machine also using minicom, but internal serial connector, I can freese the entire laptop ( Compac evo N800v ) simply by sending a lot of data to the laptop ( ctl-z-s, ascii ) and while the data is flowing into the laptop terminal window, I issue a quit of the minicom ( ctl-z-x ), and it freeses in ( leave minicom - yes no ). If I try the same in run level 5, not in graphical mode this does not happen. I have tried this while connected to the laptop over the network and the network freeses also Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.On the laptop, having no serial connection, connect usb-serial adapter 2.connect serial1 from another linux to the serial port on the usb-serial, use null modem cable 3.issue minicom , using /dev/ttyS0 on the linux ( rh 8.0 ) 4. issue minicom, using /dev/ttyUSB0 on the laptop ( linux rh 9.0 ) 5. send a large ascii file from the linux ( ctl-z-s , ascii mode ) to the laptop, and while the laptop is receiving the file into the terminal window, issue ( ctl-z-x ), and the laptop freeses... Actual Results: laptop freeses ( I believe the reason is buffer overflow )... Expected Results: in non graphic mode, the minicom just exits Additional info:
The usb-serial product is BAFO BF-810
The usb-serial converter is from BAFO, model BF-810
*** Bug 90910 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I don't have the equipment. Is there a way to create the same effect in text mode outside of KDE? For instance, I use kermit for serial communications. The reason for doing it is to try and catch any failure messages.
I have not been able to get this effect ( lockup ) in text mode only in KDE..
I've also seen this happen. I think it's the USB->Serial driver thats acting up. There is quite a lot of discussion about this on the GPSDrive mailinglist. http://s2.selwerd.nl/~dirk-jan/gpsdrive/archive/msg02443.html For example.
I think this is a dup of bug 90442, most likely.
Please test ftp://people.redhat.com/zaitcev/tmp/ kernel*-2.4.20-20.7.5.u4*.rpm <----- select as appropriate
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