VRRP -Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol

I have 2 identical debian boxes, completely up to date. Both have been set
up with Quagga and both have BGP sessions configured. The Quagga
'interface' (eth0) uses vlan and has 3 vlan's configured on it.

vrrpd is configured on eth1.
Whenever vrrpd is started, in /var/log/syslog it reports it has become the
backup router. However, there is no 'master' yet so it **should** have
become master. CPU seems to be hogged when starting vrrpd as well (Loads go
up to 1.00)

I tried reproducing the problem on different setups, but I cannot simulate
the effects of 2 full routing tables being loaded in quagga.

Additional info:

NIC's are (from lspci):
eth0: 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573E Gigabit
Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 03)
eth1: 05:05.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82541GI/PI Gigabit
Ethernet Controller (rev 05)

OS is Debian Etch, using 2.6.18-5-amd64 SMP kernel

There are no additional network modules (besides the vlan module) loaded.

You can reach me at: noc [at] compano [dot] com