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- From: pdhatchm@socs.uts.edu.au (Paul Hatchman)
- Subject: Re: [BUG REPORT] swapping trouble with 0.98-pl6 ?!?
- Message-ID: <pdhatchm.724371123@syzygy>
- Sender: news@socs.uts.edu.au
- Organization: Computing Sciences, Uni of Technology, Sydney.
- References: <1992Dec14.053957.19983@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
- Date: 14 Dec 92 22:12:03 GMT
- Lines: 43
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- ctne_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Chris Newbold) writes:
-
- >I have been having trouble with 0.98-pl5 and 0.98-pl6 when
- >running under X. The machine will suddenly lock when I try
- >and run commands in an xterm window. This happens 1-4
- >times an hour.
-
- I too have had this problem. I have been playing round and trying to find the
- cause, but so far have dome up with a big zero.
-
- I compiled a straight pl6 kernel without scsi or tcpip and it still happens.
-
- If I open up around 14 or so xterms i can get my machine to lock up.
- But the same thing can happen when only 4 xterms are open and other stuff
- is happening on my machine.
-
- It has always happened when either I have opened up an xterm or someone has
- telnetted into my machine. (this may just be co-incidence though)
- Which suggested to me a pty allocation problem, but I have not been able to
- reproduce this by opening all the ptys.
-
- Also I have not been able to reproduce this by making the machine swap
- excessively. Maybe it is a combination of the two?
-
- I have no idea if it happens in 0.99 (will find out tonight i guess :)
-
- My configuration:
-
- 486DX50 + 8Mb Ram
- 8Mb + 5Mb swap
- 0.98pl6 kernel
-
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