-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Norman Zhang wrote: > Hi Buchan, > > >>>>My Samba box stalls after some usage, mapped drives disappear and >>>>users can't write or read from drives. The stalls happen randomly. >>>>I'm running 2.4.19-16mdksmp and Samba 2.2.7a-9.2mdk. May I ask is >>>>this a kernel bug or Samba bug? Does anyone know a fix for it? I >>>>checked the memory from BIOS, they didn't report any errors. >>> >>>BIOS memory check is (mostly) useless. Use memtest86 or similar. >> >>Sure I will test it with memtest86 and report back. I have been >>running LM9.0 with Samba on this box for 3/4 year now. The problem >>only arose in the last 2 months by random. I swapped brand new >>Crucial Micron ECC DDR266 SDRAM, but the problem still presists. BTW, >>the BIOS memory check is quite extensive (Intel claims to scan it >>block by block). It takes about 1 to 2 minutes for it to scan the >>memory. Not sure how this compares to memtest86. I guess I will wait >>after hours before I can run a memtest86. > > > I ran memtest and found no error. Do you have other suggestions that I can > further troubleshoot this? There are no cards plugged to the system. The > system just runs software RAID. Thus it seems to be either XFS, md or samba > bug.
I would guess XFS. You may want to try a more recent kernel? (Thomas hinted that earlier kernels may have had some issues with XFS). But I think I'm running on XFS on the only production Winbind box I have at present (running 8.2 still!), with no problems. But the only box I have running XFS with an smp kernel runs 9.1. > Maybe I could try upgrading samba to 2.2.8a-2mdk from your web server. I would prefer if you used on of the samba FTP mirrors, you can get setup easily at http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/?minor=1 (choose a "Samba" medium). > Are there potential gotchas that I should watch out for? Not that I know of. In fact, I had reports that Squid authentication via winbind works with these but not the version you have. Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/n5x4rJK6UGDSBKcRAm7jAJ0eC55sftiAdids8ednjYV/RjrXVwCfRrzf hp3Z6hE87MS2P7yhqclPxIs= =NizD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
