[Xorp-users] xorp1.6 fails to run on Debian Etch 2.6.18-5-486

[AWalton]

Hi Ben,
I can in fact help here, as it is simple for me to re-produce, however 
getting logs from my xorp1.4 install is not easy. It never worked. In 
fact I have tried repeatedly to get logging working but each time it 
would start logging and then stop suddenly never to resume.

So here's a few questions:
What is xorp.ct?
What do I need to do to get logging working correctly on 1.4
This bug crashes my network, so I will need to do this in the early 
hours of the morning otherwise I will upset my customers, so we need to 
get this right first time.

Please help me to help you.

BTW, why the lack of interest in 1.6. Is there some major change that 
has occurred architecturally. Are you telling me that xorp1.6 is on a 
different code tree? Why are you wishing to bug fix the old release?

Thanks
Aidan

Ben Greear wrote:
> On 05/05/2010 01:11 PM, AWalton wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I am having a problem upgrading from xorp1.4 to 1.6. I have 4 production
>> routers that have been running 1.4 since 2007ish, but recently I started
>> to have the xorp bgp process crash when peering with a routerOS board
>> that had been upgraded to the latest version of the routerOS code.
>>
>> Anyhow I have a test system with the same hardware and kernel as the
>> production devices. They are all running 2.6.18-5-486 on VIA 800Mhz 486
>> clones.
>>
>> The test system seems to compile 1.6 without problems apart from some
>> warnings about 'soprint' command or something, but I think I have seen
>> this 'way back when' and it was never a problem.
>
> If you can reproduce the bgp issues on xorp.ct (which should become 
> xorp 1.8-WIP release as
> soon as we can get 1.7 out the door), I am interested in seeing logs, 
> core-files, etc
> and will attempt to fix them.  I don't have interest in messing with 
> 1.6, however.
>
> I fixed a few crashes in bgp lately in xorp.ct, and it mostly passes the
> test harness scripts, but there could be more issues for sure.
>
> http://www.candelatech.com/oss/xorp-ct.html
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>