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> Looks like the kernel is aggressivly paging programs out to make room for
> buffer cache... to the point that I can't compile (gcc: exausted virtual memory)dmesg only has complaints about being unable to allocate a DMA buffer for
> sound. I see the latest stable version is still 2.0.30... is there a pre-31
> patch out I could test?
>
> BTW: I can also reliably bring a completely unloaded 2.0.30 box to it's knees
> by doing badblocks -w on a scsi device (obviously, one with nothing important
> on it.) I have yet to be able to check the disk, since it runs out of
> memory (with plenty of swap free) before it finishes checking...
I have seen similar problems on my news server running 2.0.30 w/ 128mb ram +
128mb swap. It appears that the kernel kills off the processes (couldn't get
a free page) and doesn't even attempt to use the swap. (only have 2000-3000kb
used out of the 128meg swap partition). I'm back to 2.0.29 as well for the
interim.
Stephen
stevecs@chaven.com