On Sun, 23 Feb 1997, Bill Studenmund wrote:

> > 
> > On occasion, when I have a PPP connection up, I get the following message
> > on the console (often repeatedly):
> > 
> > /netbsd: zstty0: ring overrun
> 
> What version of NetBSD are you using?

Sorry, I should have thought to provide the basic info the first time
around.  I'm using the plain ol' 1.2 formal distribution, no fun
varieties of different kernels or anything like that.


> > I'm curious as to what "ring overrun" means, and what its consequences
> > are.  Does it mean that the OS has overflowed the modem's buffer, or
> 
> No. That means that you have something slow in your system. The ring

Hmm.  So is this message "normal" or an indication of a problem?


Thanks,

Brian