Henrik Carlqvist wrote:
>>But if I run it throught inetd, as soon as I try to transfer many files
>>(= about 200 files making about 100MB in size), the entire system hangs.
>>I have screen, but I can move mouse, keyboard doesn't respond, I can't
>>ping the computer anymore... nothing helps, so I have to press the reset
>>button.
>
> This kind of hang is most likely caused by a broken driver or some broken
> hardware. Things to check:
>
> 1) Does memtest86 have anything to say about your RAM?

I'll check this out.

> 2) Would it help if you replace your NIC?

This seems like a potential problem. NIC is integrated on mainboard,
and only works when hotplug is enables. When the system is booting,
the Starting hotplug part takes a lot of time (~1min). Total boot time
is under 2 mins, so you get the picture.

> 3) Double-check that your kernel and the module for your NIC is compiled
> with the same configuration. You should also check this for your other
> modules. If you are running an SMP kernel with non-SMP modules you could
> get more or less random hangups.

I used the stock kernel and modules from CDs, didn't compile anything
yet (I machine is not a week old).

Anyway, I still don't understand why it works ok when proftpd is
started manually as standalone service. Maybe I was just lucky?

Anyway, thank you for the ideas, I'll look into it.

Regards,

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Milan Babuskov
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