[ale] kernel problem?

[Lisa Chiang]

I'm using Redhat 4.2 along with KDE (snapshot 980513).  Anyway, I've trying to
track down a problem for months now.  One of KDE's apps KPPP works
intermittently.  The first time it always refuses to connect and gives me a
"pppd died" message.  The second time it connects OK.  Now if I let my computer
sit awhile and then try reconnecting to my ISP I often get "pppd died" messages.

I've found out that rebooting re-enables KPPP.  When I get the pppd dies message
I often see the following type error reported in dmesg:

Process pppd (pid: 3334, process nr: 63, stackpage=003b3000) 
Stack: 0000002b 00000000 003b3eb0 00000000 00564000 02800000 03000000 02800000
       00000018 001114fc 001c4626 003b3eb0 00000000 001111f8 00564000 01e78458
       00564000 c2827004 00564000 01b0c918 00a86414 bffffe98 0010aa10 003b3eb0
Call Trace: [<02800000>] [<03000000>] [<02800000>] [<001114fc>] [<001111f8>] [<0010aa10>] [<02827004>]
       [<02846719>] [<001825c2>] [<00185e6c>] [<00185e38>] [<001849e8>] [<00184a80>] [<00185f58>] [<00186630>]
       [<0018adb0>] [<00185c34>] [<001867c0>] [<0018502c>] [<00185bc8>] [<0018436c>] [<0012c8a9>] [<0010a885>]
Code: 64 8a 04 0e 0f a1 88 c2 81 e2 ff 00 00 00 89 54 24 10 52 68
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address c2827004
current->tss.cr3 = 008ce000, %cr3 = 008ce000
*pde = 0009e067
*pte = 00000000
Oops: 0000
CPU:    0
EIP:    0010:[<02827004>]
EFLAGS: 00010202
eax: 00883930   ebx: 00f0641c   ecx: 00883930   edx: 000a5591
esi: 00883000   edi: 01e78458   ebp: 00883000   esp: 01171eec
ds: 0018   es: 0018   fs: 002b   gs: 002b   ss: 0018

I'm using ppp-2.2.0f-3.  Anyway, I didn't want to bother the KPPP developer if I
have a kernel problem.  What do you think?  BTW, I'm using a PCMCIA 28.8 modem
(Motorola Montana) along with Linux PCMCIA Card Services 2.9.5.

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Lisa Chiang