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From: pepers@enme3.ucalgary.ca (Brad Pepers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga
Subject: Kernel Panics from kermit
Summary: kermit causes panics
Keywords: kermit kernel panic
Message-ID: <1991May24.035949.4906@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
Date: 24 May 91 03:59:49 GMT
Reply-To: pepers@enme3.UUCP (Brad Pepers)
Organization: U. of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Nntp-Posting-Host: enme3.enme.ucalgary.ca


It seems I've found a strange but consistent way to panic the unix kernel.
What I am doing is using kermit. The way I can consistently do it is to
ftp to prep.ai.mit.edu and do a ls listing on the gnu directory. Its large
so that may have something to do with it. Everytime I do this, the kernel
panics (tried three times). I also get other misc panics when doing other
things in kermit but nothing I can reliably reproduce. My setup is a 3000UXD
which pretty much everything as it was shipped (modified S70sioc for some
overscan). My modem is a SupraModem 2400MNP. I use kermit by entering it
with the "kermit" command and then doing the following:

	set line /dev/term/ser
	set speed 2400
	set modem hayes
	dial xxx-xxxx
	...wait for connection...
	connect

Is this a known problem? Will the 2.0 ser device fix this?

    Brad Pepers (pepers@enme.ucalgary.ca)