Subject: Re: Ethernet interface problem -- system lockup.

From: Jiri Slaby <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 15:06:42 +0200

Simon Matthews napsal(a):

>The machine became unresponsive immediately after this. It would not
>respond to either the network, or keyboard.
>
>It is running a RedHat kernel 2.4.20 or similar. 
>  
>
2.4.31 update?

>Sep 15 16:20:28 xxxx kernel: eth1: Error -- Rx packet size(8172) > mtu(1500)+14
>Sep 15 16:20:28 xxxx kernel: eth1: Error -- Rx packet size(8172) > mtu(1500)+14
>Sep 15 16:20:28 xxxx last message repeated 9 times
>Sep 15 16:20:28 xxxx kernel: eth1: Error -- Rx packet size(4391) > mtu(1500)+14
>Sep 15 16:21:19 xxxx last message repeated 8 times
>Sep 15 16:21:19 xxxx kernel: eth1: Rx ERROR!!!
>Sep 15 16:21:20 xxxx last message repeated 31 times
>Sep 15 16:21:20 xxxx kernel: !!!
>Sep 15 16:21:20 xxxx kernel: !!!
>Sep 15 16:21:20 xxxx kernel: eth1: Rx ERR!!!
>Sep 15 16:21:20 xxxx kernel: eth1: Rx ERR!!!
>Sep 15 16:21:20 xxxx kernel: eth1: Rx ERRO!!!
>Sep 15 16:21:20 xxxx kernel: eth1: Rx ERRO!!!
>Sep 15 16:21:20 xxxx kernel: eth1: Rx ERR!!!
>  
>
Is it possible to tell kernel to be more debug (and syslog)?
Which drivers? Which hardware? .config
Some more info needed.

Maybe netdev is beeter mailing list for this.

thanks,

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