Re: problems with 2.4.0-test8

From: Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Date: Tue Oct 03 2000 - 11:54:55 EST


On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, TimO wrote:

> As for the hard lockups, I s'pose we can blame Rik. ;-) I've
> been loathe to do so tho' because on my box the locks always
> occur with low memory pressure. I actually thought that he had
> them fixed with his vmpatch cuz' I didn't get any lockups with a
> heavier load. Opening netscape, star office and doing repeated
> make clean/Build-kernels worked just fine. Closed star office
> started compiling -pre9 went back to reading mail and zap;
> lock-up.
>
> It always happens the same although I can't repeat it on demand.
> Start a kernel compile and go read mail. Somewhere upon
> switching mail folders in netscape it locks. Box is _never_
> under swap when this occurs. Wish it would at least log
> _something_ to report.

That sounds suspiciously like something going to sleep
and not being woken up again ...

> Rik: are you having fun yet?? ;-)

Hunting as we speak ;)

regards,

Rik

--
"What you're running that piece of shit Gnome?!?!"
       -- Miguel de Icaza, UKUUG 2000

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