Okay, Linux gurus, what the hell does this mean?

[Russ]

kernel: eth1: Something Wicked happened! 000a.
kernel: eth0: Something Wicked happened! 000a.

This has been showing up in my logs.

Russ, NCNE

 

[DanC]

cursory research shows an unknown (to the kernel) error with a socket connection or dns resolution. There's not alot out there about it.

Seems somebody has a sense of humor.

 

[Russ]

Cursory search told me the same thing. It also told me that whatever the hell it is, everybody who asked about it had the same NICs I do. Checking the logs, it's been saying that every day as far back as the logs go.

So, the question is, what the hell is it?

Russ, NCNE

 

[DanC]

hmmm... interesting. Let me check my Linux proliant...

 

[Jator]

DanC,

I read about the Compaq layoffs. I hope you are not one of them.

Jay

 

[DanC]

Jay - nope, not me. Must have just squeezed by on that one....

 

[Ken g6]

Yep, looks like somebody has a sense of humor. I looked up that phrase, and it looks like a driver problem, probably a video driver from the looks of it. Probably nothing to worry about.

Edit: I guess that's the same thing everybody else has said, isn't it? Oh, well.

 

[Russ]

Actually, it's a network card problem. There are other weird ones too, like "Your device is promiscuous", or something like that.:Q

Weird part is that I checked the logs going way back, and that message appears constantly, yet everything works just fine.

Russ, NCNE

 

[Adul]

Maybe it is some sort of joke :Q

 

[Adul]

Russ, do you ever go home?

 

[DanC]

I couldn't locate the message on my linux box. I'm suspecting it plays more nicely with the dual-port NIC.

I'm betting it is recognizing the NIC as a generic 2 port, not what it actually is, which allows a little 'goobering' to go on at the system level. Not enough to hose you, but enough to cause te 'wicked' message.

Just a hunch.

 

[JonB]

I think some of the old Amiga OS programmers had a hand in Linux. The Amiga would give you "guru" errors and really, really strange Zen type messages. The more I see of Linux command syntax, the more it reminds me of the Amiga. Perhaps their Unix heritage is the key.

 

[ColinP]

The promiscuous setting would be for when you are using a packet analysis type program, so that you don't miss anything..



Col

 

[JHutch]

Russ, the promiscuous thing just means the network card is "grabbing" everything that it sees on the network instead of looking for its own hardware address... Like ColinP said, it is used in packet sniffers to analyze the data on the network.

As for the other error, I haven't got a clue...

JHutch

 

[Fandu]

Haha, just goes to show you programmers have twisted senses of humor. Personally I like it,

 

[Batti]

As far as promiscuous goes, I'd be concerned if you haven't explicitly done this yourself... maybe you've been rooted?