Re: kmalloc problems with 1.3.13 and ppp-2.2b3

Jeff Mcfarlin (jmcfarli@galaxy.neca.com)
Sun, 30 Jul 1995 15:01:37 -0400 (EDT)


Yes, I am having the EXACT same problem. I also went back to 2.1.2d

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On Sun, 30 Jul 1995, James P. Anderson III wrote:

> I am having the following problem when I try to run the new ppp beta
> software. I start getting the following kernel messages:
>
> Jul 30 08:12:22 m5 kernel: Problem: block on freelist at 0198e40c isn't free.
>
> and the ppp performance is very erratic. ppp-2.2.2d runs just fine with
> 1.3.13. The ppp-2.2b3 just seems to be tickling a bug in my system.
>
> My system configuration is: 486, 32Mb ram, gcc-2.70 (ELF) with libc-5.2.2.
>
> Any help would be appreciated (as I go back now to 2.1.2d).
>
> Jay
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