On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 19:11 -0700, James McKenzie wrote: > James Mckenzie wrote: > > Here is a strange problem and I think it appeared with 2.6.11-rc3, but may happen with the 2.6.10 series of kernels too. > > > > If I have pppd running and I disconnect the device (I am using a USB connection), the kernel panics and I cannot reconnect the device at the same /dev mount point nor can I kill pppd. If I kill the pppd connection before removing the device, all is happy. > > > > How can I kill off pppd (I've tried SIGHUP, TERM and KILL) after this happens. I don't like rebooting to get back the ability to communicate. > > > > > I figured out what was happening and it had to do with a missing file in > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts. I had to copy one of the configuration > files from another and then if_down.ppp would work. > I still have the question on how I can kill off the hung process. Why do you disconnect the device whilst you are using it in the first place? I mean, you wouldn't disconnect a USB hard drive whilst you were writing to it, would you? Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
