Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Mar 1996 16:21:39 -0500 | From | "Theodore Ts'o" <> | Subject | Re: 1.3.72 bad news |
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Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 14:32:56 -0500 From: "Eric F. Kahler (ekahler@mars.superlink.net)" <ekahler@mars.superlink.net>
I also think that there is a problem with the tty subsystem. I've been having a terible time trying to get ppp conections -- it appears that the full login text which my internet provider sends isn't making it to my system -- if I have a look at /var/log/messages, where all of my pppd/chat logs it's input and output, it is clear that some lines get their first few letters cut off.
Also I've noticed this problem with other loggings from syslogd -- some of the kernel messages, from the boot process, are missing their first few letters. i.e. "Unix sockets" is now often appearing as "x sockets".
This has started happening to me since kernel version 1.3.71 and is still present in 1.3.74. Sometimes it takes 5 attempts before I can sucessfully login to my ISP.
While this may be related, I doubt it. I believe the pty problem has been around from before 1.3.71 (can someone confirm this, please?), and syslogd doesn't use the tty subsystem at all.
I suspect we have a specific race-related condition that has to do with what happens when the slave side of the pty closes before the master has a chance to read all of the data.
So we need to be careful about categorizing problems; your problem may be caused by something entirely different, and we wouldn't want to lose track of your problem while we're trying to find this one.
- Ted
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