The setup I have here at home consists of a nfs server, and two disk
less clients. Every day the nfs server creates a fresh kernel for the
clients. One of the clients has been inactive for a while (about half a
year) and is now annoyingly unstable. Either the hardware or the kernel
or something else has degraded. The client seams to hang on a nfs
action. The mouse keeps moving when in X, and some screen objects
respond to mouse movement. When in terminal mode (I don't trust the
openchrome x driver) key strokes end up on the terminal. Pinging the
client from another machine ends in timeouts.
I have pinged the client for an hour or two. no problem. Ran several
ping -A's as root, no problem. Ran a normal ping and a 'find / -name
bhjfihreibu -print' and within minutes the ping died.
I could try an older kernel, say about half a year ago, but things have
changed in haf a year like the kernel verion of the nfs server, nfs
parmeters and kernel .config file. The second client (different
hardware) is as stable as a rock.
Al the kernel options under kernel hacking in make menuconfig are off.
Is there any that I would want to turn on?
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Hans
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