I'm having a really strange problem with p2pool and I can't figure it out. Something related to it is killing my ethernet connection, seemingly when I refresh the statistics page randomly.
I asked for help on ubuntu forums, since I think it was a ubuntu problem but now I strongly suspect the issue lies with p2pool.
Here is what I posted on ubuntu forums with all the details:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2249933Can a linux/p2pool guru give me a hand? I'm pulling my hair out over here and I've tried everything I can think of / find on google. I'm a linux noob.
I was having the exact same thing happen to me a few months ago, on two different machines, about 2 weeks apart.
The first time it happened was when I started running with two nics to two different neworks, everytime I restarted the computer both connections start, and they seem to fight over who's in control, (even though they're going out to different networks - probably my lack of knowledge and not setting things up correctly), but, if I turned off one and then restarted the other it would be fine and the connection would no longer drop out. For this machine I never solved it, but the band-aid solution of not using the 2nd connection was adequate.
The second instance was a stand-alone nic in a basic 14.04 desktop environment, the connection kept dropping out, I did some updates and restarted the machine and it stopped happening. I don't know what the actual cure was, but double checking that you have all updates and restarting may provide relief.
Unfortunately, this doesn't give you any hard data. But, you're not alone, I did a quick google and a lot of people have had similar happenings, one was solved by uninstalling amule, one was solved by removing the nic and installing a new compatible one.
Cheers.